ERC project DISINTEGRATION
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ERC-funded research project on "The Mass Politics of Disintegration" (DISINTEGRATION), run by @stefwalter.bsky.social and hosted at @ipz.bsky.social, explores responses to international cooperation challenges.
More info: www.disintegration.ch
More info: www.disintegration.ch
Reposted by ERC project DISINTEGRATION
(5/5) This supports findings from this other great @jeppjournal.bsky.social article by Marco Martini and @stefwalter.bsky.social on how Brexit shapes nationalist rhetoric in media coverage outside the UK. doi.org/10.1080/1350...
Learning from precedent: how the British Brexit experience shapes nationalist rhetoric outside the UK
The liberal international order has recently come under increasing nationalist pressure, evidenced by a rise in nationalist demands to withdraw from international institutions. A growing literature...
doi.org
July 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
(5/5) This supports findings from this other great @jeppjournal.bsky.social article by Marco Martini and @stefwalter.bsky.social on how Brexit shapes nationalist rhetoric in media coverage outside the UK. doi.org/10.1080/1350...
DISINTEGRATION dataset #4: IOParlspeech contains 600k+ statements on IOs in parliamentary debates (1990–2018) across AT, CA, DE, NZ, UK & US. Drawn from Parlspeech V2 & legislative corpora, with validated IO mentions + rich metadata.
dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...
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dataverse.harvard.edu
May 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
DISINTEGRATION dataset #4: IOParlspeech contains 600k+ statements on IOs in parliamentary debates (1990–2018) across AT, CA, DE, NZ, UK & US. Drawn from Parlspeech V2 & legislative corpora, with validated IO mentions + rich metadata.
dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...
dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...
DISINTEGRATION dataset #3: The Nationalist Party Discourse dataset tracks how nationalist/EU-skeptic parties in 10 EU states talked about the EU during the Brexit decade (2012–2021). It codes 300+ media statements for tone, intensity & type of EU critique.
www.swissubase.ch/de/catalogue...
www.swissubase.ch/de/catalogue...
Nationalist Party Discourse
The Nationalist Party Discourse Dataset provides data on nationalist party communication across European countries between 2012 and 2021, hand-coded from a EU/Brexit news corpus. It captures the disco...
www.swissubase.ch
May 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
DISINTEGRATION dataset #3: The Nationalist Party Discourse dataset tracks how nationalist/EU-skeptic parties in 10 EU states talked about the EU during the Brexit decade (2012–2021). It codes 300+ media statements for tone, intensity & type of EU critique.
www.swissubase.ch/de/catalogue...
www.swissubase.ch/de/catalogue...
DISINTEGRATION data feature #2: The Swiss Panel Survey tracks EU attitudes, CH-EU relations & intl cooperation over 6 waves (2019–2025)—spanning Brexit, COVID & Ukraine. Rich vote intention data on key referendums; weighted for representativeness.
doi.org/10.48573/enm...
doi.org/10.48573/enm...
DISINTEGRATION: Swiss Panel Survey: Public opinion on Switzerland’s relations with Europe and the World, 2019-2022
The years between 2019 and 2022 have been a crucial period for Swiss politics, a period that has redefined the country’s role in world politics and, in particular, its relationship with the European U...
doi.org
May 21, 2025 at 9:56 AM
DISINTEGRATION data feature #2: The Swiss Panel Survey tracks EU attitudes, CH-EU relations & intl cooperation over 6 waves (2019–2025)—spanning Brexit, COVID & Ukraine. Rich vote intention data on key referendums; weighted for representativeness.
doi.org/10.48573/enm...
doi.org/10.48573/enm...
DISINTEGRATION data feature #1: A 6-wave EU-wide panel survey (2017–2019) of 10,000+ respondents per wave across all 28 member states. Tracks EU attitudes, Brexit perceptions & political views—country-level analyses possible for FR, DE, IT, PL, ES & UK.
doi.org/10.48573/4bj...
doi.org/10.48573/4bj...
DISINTEGRATION: Tracking Europeans' opinions of Brexit and the EU: An EU-wide, six wave cross-sectional survey, 2017–2019
Brexit marked a turning point in EU history. For the first time an EU member state left the EU, leading to concerns about the stability of the EU as a whole. Indeed, Brexit carried significant spillov...
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May 20, 2025 at 8:55 AM
DISINTEGRATION data feature #1: A 6-wave EU-wide panel survey (2017–2019) of 10,000+ respondents per wave across all 28 member states. Tracks EU attitudes, Brexit perceptions & political views—country-level analyses possible for FR, DE, IT, PL, ES & UK.
doi.org/10.48573/4bj...
doi.org/10.48573/4bj...
DISINTEGRATION publ #14: How do international institutions respond to unilateral challenges like non-compliance or withdrawal? @stefwalter.bsky.social & Nicole Plotke-Scherly develop a framework showing how IOs balance cooperation losses vs. contagion risks.
doi.org/10.1093/isq/...
doi.org/10.1093/isq/...
Responding to Unilateral Challenges to International Institutions
Abstracts. How do international institutions respond to unilateral challenges by its member states, such as non-compliance, blocking of reforms, renegotiat
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May 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
DISINTEGRATION publ #14: How do international institutions respond to unilateral challenges like non-compliance or withdrawal? @stefwalter.bsky.social & Nicole Plotke-Scherly develop a framework showing how IOs balance cooperation losses vs. contagion risks.
doi.org/10.1093/isq/...
doi.org/10.1093/isq/...
DISINTEGRATION publ #13: IOParlspeech—600k+ parliamentary statements on IOs across 6 countries (1990–2018). @stefwalter.bsky.social & @tommccraehunter.bsky.social show that radical/opposition MPs speak more negatively about IOs, and auhtoritative IOs receive more attention.
doi.org/10.1007/s115...
doi.org/10.1007/s115...
International organizations in national parliamentary debates - The Review of International Organizations
This data article introduces IOParlspeech, an original dataset of over 600,000 statements on international organizations (IOs) in parliamentary debates in six countries between 1990 and 2018. We expla...
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May 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
DISINTEGRATION publ #13: IOParlspeech—600k+ parliamentary statements on IOs across 6 countries (1990–2018). @stefwalter.bsky.social & @tommccraehunter.bsky.social show that radical/opposition MPs speak more negatively about IOs, and auhtoritative IOs receive more attention.
doi.org/10.1007/s115...
doi.org/10.1007/s115...
DISINTEGRATION publ #12: When publics grow more Eurosceptic, do parties follow? In FR, IT & UK, mainstream parties adjusted positions but strategically decreased salience of EU issues. Study by @giorgiomalet.bsky.social and Cyrille Thiébaut
doi.org/10.1111/1475...
doi.org/10.1111/1475...
Silent responsiveness: How public opinion affects party discourse on wedge issues
How does public opinion affect political discourse on issues that parties struggle to deal with? Although scholars tend to analyse party–voter linkages in terms of policy positions, parties can respo....
doi.org
May 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
DISINTEGRATION publ #12: When publics grow more Eurosceptic, do parties follow? In FR, IT & UK, mainstream parties adjusted positions but strategically decreased salience of EU issues. Study by @giorgiomalet.bsky.social and Cyrille Thiébaut
doi.org/10.1111/1475...
doi.org/10.1111/1475...
DISINTEGRATION publ #11: Do precedents like Brexit fuel further exits? @stefwalter.bsky.social & Marco Martini show that nationalist elites in 10 EU countries adjusted their rhetoric in response to the ups and downs of the Brexit process. Withdrawals send signals.
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
Learning from precedent: how the British Brexit experience shapes nationalist rhetoric outside the UK
The liberal international order has recently come under increasing nationalist pressure, evidenced by a rise in nationalist demands to withdraw from international institutions. A growing literature...
doi.org
May 14, 2025 at 8:35 AM
DISINTEGRATION publ #11: Do precedents like Brexit fuel further exits? @stefwalter.bsky.social & Marco Martini show that nationalist elites in 10 EU countries adjusted their rhetoric in response to the ups and downs of the Brexit process. Withdrawals send signals.
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
DISINTEGRATION #10: How did parties in the EU react to Brexit? Analyzing parliamentary statements, @tommccraehunter.bsky.social finds that after the referendum, Eurosceptic challengers moderated their tone, while mainstream parties ramped up pro-EU rhetoric. No domino effect
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
Disintegration and party competition: evidence from parliamentary speeches on Brexit
How do political parties in the European Union (EU) react to disintegration bids from a member state? This question is important, as scholars have argued that framing by elites (particularly Eurosc...
doi.org
May 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
DISINTEGRATION #10: How did parties in the EU react to Brexit? Analyzing parliamentary statements, @tommccraehunter.bsky.social finds that after the referendum, Eurosceptic challengers moderated their tone, while mainstream parties ramped up pro-EU rhetoric. No domino effect
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
DISINTEGRATION publ #9 @giorgiomalet.bsky.social and @stefwalter.bsky.social show key events in UK Brexit politics affected EU attitudes in other countries: foreign events can influence voters’ attitudes in other countries and events like Brexit have systemic consequences! doi.org/10.1177/1465...
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May 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
DISINTEGRATION publ #9 @giorgiomalet.bsky.social and @stefwalter.bsky.social show key events in UK Brexit politics affected EU attitudes in other countries: foreign events can influence voters’ attitudes in other countries and events like Brexit have systemic consequences! doi.org/10.1177/1465...
DISINTEGRATION publ #8 @giorgiomalet.bsky.social and @stefwalter.bsky.social test the “have your cake and eat it, too” argument with voters. Drawing on a panel survey, they show that Brexit had a small but non-negligible impact on Swiss voters’ expectations about EU resolve. doi.org/10.1080/0140...
Have your cake and eat it, too? Switzerland and the feasibility of differentiated integration after Brexit
A key Eurosceptic argument is that countries can selectively retain only those aspects of European integration from which they benefit, while opting out of those aspects they dislike. How convincin...
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May 9, 2025 at 9:13 AM
DISINTEGRATION publ #8 @giorgiomalet.bsky.social and @stefwalter.bsky.social test the “have your cake and eat it, too” argument with voters. Drawing on a panel survey, they show that Brexit had a small but non-negligible impact on Swiss voters’ expectations about EU resolve. doi.org/10.1080/0140...
DISINTEGRATION publication #7 @giorgiomalet.bsky.social shows that French rejection of the EU constitution in the 2005 referendum increased public opposition to the Constitution abroad, an example of cross-national social influence. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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May 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
DISINTEGRATION publication #7 @giorgiomalet.bsky.social shows that French rejection of the EU constitution in the 2005 referendum increased public opposition to the Constitution abroad, an example of cross-national social influence. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
DISINTEGRATION publ #6 @jurado.bsky.social , @sandraleon.bsky.social and @stefwalter.bsky.social explore how voters want their govs to respond when another country withdraws from an IO. Willingness to compromise depends on exposure to the costs and benefits of accommodation. doi.org/10.1017/S002...
Brexit Dilemmas: Shaping Postwithdrawal Relations with a Leaving State | International Organization | Cambridge Core
Brexit Dilemmas: Shaping Postwithdrawal Relations with a Leaving State - Volume 76 Issue 2
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May 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
DISINTEGRATION publ #6 @jurado.bsky.social , @sandraleon.bsky.social and @stefwalter.bsky.social explore how voters want their govs to respond when another country withdraws from an IO. Willingness to compromise depends on exposure to the costs and benefits of accommodation. doi.org/10.1017/S002...
DISINTEGRATION publication #5: @stefwalter.bsky.social analyzes how voter-endorsed attempts to withdraw from IOs reverberate abroad. With original survey data from EU-27 Europeans and Swiss voters, she finds both encouragement and deterrence effects. doi.org/10.1177/0010...
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May 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
DISINTEGRATION publication #5: @stefwalter.bsky.social analyzes how voter-endorsed attempts to withdraw from IOs reverberate abroad. With original survey data from EU-27 Europeans and Swiss voters, she finds both encouragement and deterrence effects. doi.org/10.1177/0010...
DISINTEGRATION publication #4: @stefwalter.bsky.social reviews the globalization backlash. She shows that the backlash is not associated with large swings in public opinion against globalization but is rather a result of its politicization by skeptical actors doi.org/10.1146/annu...
The Backlash Against Globalization | Annual Reviews
In recent years, the world has seen a rising backlash against globalization. This article reviews the nature, causes, and consequences of the globalization backlash. It shows that, contrary to a popul...
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May 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
DISINTEGRATION publication #4: @stefwalter.bsky.social reviews the globalization backlash. She shows that the backlash is not associated with large swings in public opinion against globalization but is rather a result of its politicization by skeptical actors doi.org/10.1146/annu...
@catherinedevries.bsky.social , @sarahobolt.bsky.social and @stefwalter.bsky.social develop a theoretical framework for the politicization of international cooperation, focusing on public contestation, political entrepreneurs, and political opportunity structures. doi.org/10.1017/S002...
Politicizing International Cooperation: The Mass Public, Political Entrepreneurs, and Political Opportunity Structures | International Organization | Cambridge Core
Politicizing International Cooperation: The Mass Public, Political Entrepreneurs, and Political Opportunity Structures - Volume 75 Issue 2
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May 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
@catherinedevries.bsky.social , @sarahobolt.bsky.social and @stefwalter.bsky.social develop a theoretical framework for the politicization of international cooperation, focusing on public contestation, political entrepreneurs, and political opportunity structures. doi.org/10.1017/S002...