Does Politicization Matter? Small States in East-Central Europe and the Brexit Negotiations
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F21%3A00118721" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/21:00118721 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0888325419888686?journalCode=eepa" target="_blank" >https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0888325419888686?journalCode=eepa</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0888325419888686" target="_blank" >10.1177/0888325419888686</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Does Politicization Matter? Small States in East-Central Europe and the Brexit Negotiations
Original language description
The integration process is increasingly politicized across the member states of the European Union (EU). While this phenomenon has been analyzed from many perspectives, this article aims to look at a so far neglected aspect—how increased levels of politicization of the EU might have impacted on the role small states play in the EU decision-making process. Using the case of Brexit negotiations, the article starts from the hypothesis that higher levels of politicization could increase the influencing capacity of smaller states. As national sovereignty concerns may become more relevant due to politicization, it can be expected that small states become more active in EU-level negotiations, especially in cases where the future of the integration is also at stake. However, looking at the cases of Czechia, Hungary, Slovakia, and Slovenia, the article concludes that the behavior of these countries is still determined by their small-state character. Interestingly, different levels of EU politicization did not determine their bargaining strategies in Brexit negotiations. Consequently, while we see a slight variation in the level of engagement, the article argues that the influencing capacity of the member states under scrutiny was mainly driven by their small state characteristics.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50601 - Political science
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA18-05612S" target="_blank" >GA18-05612S: United in Differences: Visegrad Contribution To EU Differentiated Integration</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
East European Politics and Societies: and Cultures
ISSN
0888-3254
e-ISSN
1533-8371
Volume of the periodical
35
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
20
Pages from-to
136-155
UT code for WoS article
000509642400001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85078501227