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http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-8819
Authors: | Steiner, Nils D. Landwehr, Claudia |
Title: | Learning the Brexit lesson? : shifting support for direct democracy in Germany in the aftermath of the Brexit referendum |
Online publication date: | 27-Apr-2023 |
Year of first publication: | 2022 |
Language: | english |
Abstract: | The June 2016 Brexit referendum sent international shock waves, possibly causing adjustments in public opinion not only in the UK, but also abroad. We suggest that these adjustments went beyond substantive attitudes on European integration and included procedural preferences towards direct democracy. Drawing on the insight that support for direct democracy can be instrumentally motivated, we argue that the outcome of the Brexit referendum led (politically informed) individuals to update their support for referendums based on their views towards European integration. Using panel data from Germany, we find that those in favour of European integration, especially those with high political involvement, turned more sceptical of the introduction of referendums in the aftermath of the Brexit referendum. Our study contributes to the understanding of preferences for direct democracy and documents a remarkable case of how – seemingly basic – procedural preferences can, in today's internationalized information environment, be shaped by high-profile events abroad. |
DDC: | 320 Politik 320 Political science |
Institution: | Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz |
Department: | FB 02 Sozialwiss., Medien u. Sport |
Place: | Mainz |
ROR: | https://ror.org/023b0x485 |
DOI: | http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-8819 |
Version: | Published version |
Publication type: | Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
Document type specification: | Other |
License: | CC BY |
Information on rights of use: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Journal: | British Journal of Political Science Version of Record (VoR) |
Publisher: | British Journal of Political Science |
Publisher place: | Cambridge |
Issue date: | 2022 |
ISSN: | 1469-2112 |
Publisher DOI: | 10.1017/S0007123422000382 |
Appears in collections: | DFG-491381577-H |
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