Gutenberg Open Science: Learning the Brexit lesson? : shifting support for direct democracy in Germany in the aftermath of the Brexit referendum

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dc.contributor.author	Steiner, Nils D.	-
dc.contributor.author	Landwehr, Claudia	-
dc.date.accessioned	2023-04-27T12:51:41Z	-
dc.date.available	2023-04-27T12:51:41Z	-
dc.date.issued	2022	-
dc.identifier.uri	https://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/8835	-
dc.description.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.	de_DE
dc.language.iso	eng	de
dc.rights	CC BY	*
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	*
dc.subject.ddc	320 Politik	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	320 Political science	en_GB
dc.title	Learning the Brexit lesson? : shifting support for direct democracy in Germany in the aftermath of the Brexit referendum	en_GB
dc.type	Zeitschriftenaufsatz	de
dc.identifier.doi	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-8819	-
jgu.type.contenttype	Other	de
jgu.type.dinitype	article	en_GB
jgu.type.version	Published version	de
jgu.type.resource	Text	de
jgu.organisation.department	FB 02 Sozialwiss., Medien u. Sport	de
jgu.organisation.number	7910	-
jgu.organisation.name	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz	-
jgu.rights.accessrights	openAccess	-
jgu.journal.title	British Journal of Political Science	de
jgu.journal.volume	Version of Record (VoR)	de
jgu.publisher.year	2022	-
jgu.publisher.name	British Journal of Political Science	de
jgu.publisher.place	Cambridge	de
jgu.publisher.issn	1469-2112	de
jgu.organisation.place	Mainz	-
jgu.subject.ddccode	320	de
jgu.publisher.doi	10.1017/S0007123422000382	de
jgu.organisation.ror	https://ror.org/023b0x485	-
jgu.subject.dfg	Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften	de
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