How Eurosceptic Party Rhetoric is Changing in the Post-Brexit Era
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Euroscepticism has been on the rise in Europe for the past two decades and saw its first major political win in the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union in 2016. Scholars feared this “Brexit” referendum would spark a wave of Euroscepticism to wash over the continent and prompt more “leave” referendums, but the drawn out negotiations over a withdrawal deal have dampened much of the European public’s Eurosceptic fervor. How have Eurosceptic parties reacted in the post-Brexit era? In this thesis, I use a combination of Eurosceptic party manifesto data, Eurobarometer survey data, and case studies of specific Eurosceptic parties to assess to what extent the rhetoric of Eurosceptic parties changed in reaction to Brexit, and explore the factors driving these changes. My analysis suggests that hard Eurosceptic rhetoric, which is rhetoric advocating for a member state to leave the EU, dropped slightly in the aftermath of Brexit. This thesis contributes to the literature on Eurosceptic thought, European Union cohesion and empirical studies that use rhetoric as a measure to gauge political party intentions.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Date created | May 19, 2022 |
| Date modified | May 23, 2022; December 5, 2022 |
| Publication date | May 19, 2022; May 19, 2022 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Durham, Alex |
|---|---|
| Thesis advisor | Crombez, Christophe |
Subjects
| Subject | Euroscepticism |
|---|---|
| Subject | European Politics |
| Subject | Brexit |
| Subject | Manifestos |
| Genre | Text |
| Genre | Thesis |
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- Durham, A. (2022). How Eurosceptic Party Rhetoric is Changing in the Post-Brexit Era. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at https://purl.stanford.edu/hp523kv8755
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