Brexit as a (de)politicized issue? Evidence from Czech and
Slovak parliaments

J 2021

Brexit as a (de)politicized issue? Evidence from Czech and Slovak parliaments

KANIOK, Petr and Monika BRUSENBAUCH MEISLOVÁ

Basic information

Original name

Brexit as a (de)politicized issue? Evidence from Czech and Slovak parliaments

Authors

KANIOK, Petr (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Monika BRUSENBAUCH MEISLOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Abingdon, Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis, 2021, 1478-2804

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50601 Political science

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 1.208

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/21:00118761

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14782804.2020.1824157

UT WoS

000572444200001

Keywords in English

Brexit; politicization; Czechia; Slovakia; EU; parliaments

Abstract

V originále

The article engages in the debate about the extent of the domestic politicization of Brexit in the EU27, and the causes and agents thereof. More specifically, it examines which parliamentary actors in Czechia and Slovakia have tried to de/politicize Brexit, and which strategies they have applied while doing so. By inquiring into the concrete de/politicization moves by different agents within parliamentary arenas, we attempt to open up the black box of the de/politicization processes associated with Brexit. Empirically, the article relies on original data from a large-scale quantitative content analysis of parliamentary deliberations on Brexit between 2016 and 2019. We argue that Brexit is largely depoliticized in Czech and Slovak Parliaments, with many factors intimately interlinked and jointly at work in its de/politicization. At the same time, we show that the lines of conflict on Brexit run in multiple directions and that the government/opposition status, left/right scale placement and the pro-EU/anti-EU approach appear to be important factors of parliamentarians’ tendencies to de/politicize the Brexit issue. As such, our findings help explain a key puzzle in the withdrawal process, namely why Brexit and its repercussions have not matured into a political issue that is being politicized within EU27 domestic politics.

Links

GA18-05612S, research and development project

Name: Sjednoceni v rozdílech; Příspěvek zemí Visegrádu k tématu vícerychlostní integrace Evropské unie

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

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KANIOK, Petr and Monika BRUSENBAUCH MEISLOVÁ. Brexit as a (de)politicized issue? Evidence from Czech and Slovak parliaments. Journal of Contemporary European Studies. Abingdon: Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis, 2021, vol. 29, No 4, p. 535-551. ISSN 1478-2804. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14782804.2020.1824157.

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KANIOK, Petr and Monika BRUSENBAUCH MEISLOVÁ. Brexit as a (de)politicized issue? Evidence from Czech and Slovak parliaments. \textit{Journal of Contemporary European Studies}. Abingdon: Routledge Journals, Taylor \&{} Francis, 2021, vol.~29, No~4, p.~535-551. ISSN~1478-2804. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14782804.2020.1824157.

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