Where Do the Parties Stand?

This book analyses the politicization of immigration and the European Union in Italy, the UK, and the European Parliament (EP) from 2015 to 2020. The book uses the case studies of Italy, the UK, and the EP to study party positioning specifically towards immigration and the European Union, to understand to what extent mainstream-left, mainstream-right and populist parties adopt different framing strategies to compete on the new cultural dimension created by globalization. The book draws on saliency theory, issue ownership theory, and yield theory to investigate the multidimensional nature of political competition, and the relevance of institutional settings in determining party framing strategies. Bridging two fields that typically do not interactparty politics and migration studiesthis book fills gaps in the academic literature and as such will be appropriate for students and researchers interested in party politics, European politics, immigration politics, populism, and text analysis.

Assesses the dynamics of politicization of immigration and European Union in Italy and the UK Compares parties' competing strategies in national and European decision-making arenas Takes a mixed methods approach to the study of party politics

Autorentext
Stella Gianfreda is a Researcher in the Department of Political Science (DISPO) at the University of Genova, Italy. She has a joint PhD in Political Science, European Politics and International Relations from the University of Pisa, University of Florence, and University of Siena (Italy). Her research interests are party politics, European Union politics, immigration politics, populism, public policies, and mixed methods.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Political Competition on Immigration and the European Union.- Chapter 3: Debating Immigration and European issues in Italy, the United Kingdom and the EP.- Chapter 4: Immigration Debates in National Arenas.- Chapter 5: EU Debates in National Arenas.- Chapter 6: Debating Immigration and the EU in the EP.- Chapter 7: Conclusion.- Appendix.