Date: 2018
Type: Article
The domestic politics of European preferences towards global economic governance
New global studies, 2018, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 303-324[Global Governance Programme], [Europe in the World]
SCHIRM, Stefan A., The domestic politics of European preferences towards global economic governance, New global studies, 2018, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 303-324[Global Governance Programme], [Europe in the World] - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/60996
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Why is global economic governance often marked by controversies among EU member states despite their commitment to joint action? European members of the G20 diverge over public debt to stimulate growth and over global trade imbalances. These issues express differences in economic interests, such as competitiveness, as well as ideational divergences regarding deficit spending and the role of the government in steering the economy. Therefore, domestic politics theories seem to constitute a necessary complement to integration theories in explaining European governments’ preferences. In applying the societal approach, I argue that domestic value-based ideas and material interests shape governmental preferences in international political economy. In doing so, ideas prevail when fundamental economic policy issues such as public debt are at stake, while interests prevail, when governance directly affects the costs and benefits of specific economic sectors. These arguments are analysed by comparing the domestic politics of British, French, German and Italian positions towards two policy debates in the G20.
Additional information:
Available online 14 September 2018
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/60996
Full-text via DOI: 10.1515/ngs-2018-0014
ISSN: 1940-0004
Series/Number: [Global Governance Programme]; [Europe in the World]
Publisher: De Gruyter
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