Where Do the Parties Stand?: Political Competition on Immigration and the EU in National and European Parliamentary Debates (Immigrants and Minorities, Politics and Policy)

This book analyses the politicization of immigration and the European Union in Italy, the UK, and the European Parliament (EP) from 2015 to 2020. The book uses the case studies of Italy, the UK, and the EP to study party positioning specifically towards immigration and the European Union, to understand to what extent mainstream-left, mainstream-right and populist parties adopt different framing strategies to compete on the new cultural dimension created by globalization. The book draws on saliency theory, issue ownership theory, and yield theory to investigate the multidimensional nature of political competition, and the relevance of institutional settings in determining party framing strategies. Bridging two fields that typically do not interact--party politics and migration studies--this book fills gaps in the academic literature and as such will be appropriate for students and researchers interested in party politics, European politics, immigration politics, populism, and text analysis Acknowledgements Contents Abbreviations About the Author Chapter 1: Introduction References Part I: Framework and Context Chapter 2: Political Competition on Immigration and the European Union 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Definitions 2.3 Models of Party Competition 2.4 A Multidimensional Approach to Political Competition 2.5 Research Design References Chapter 3: Debating Immigration and European Issues in Italy, the United Kingdom and the EP 3.1 Introduction 3.2 A Process of (Dis)integration? Italy and the UK 3.3 Immigration to Italy and the UK: An Overview 3.4 Party Competition in the European Parliament References Part II: Empirical Analysis Chapter 4: Immigration Debates in National Arenas 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Issue Salience 4.3 Opposition and Support to Immigration 4.4 Framing Immigration References Chapter 5: EU Debates in National Arenas 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Issue Salience 5.3 Opposition and Support to the EU 5.4 Framing the EU References Chapter 6: Debating Immigration and the EU in the EP 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Transnational Competition on Immigration 6.2.1 Issue Salience 6.2.2 European Political Parties’ Positions on Immigration 6.2.3 Framing Immigration in the European Parliament 6.3 Transnational Competition on the EU in the EP 6.3.1 Issue Salience 6.3.2 European Political Parties’ Positions on the EU 6.3.3 Framing the EU in the EP References Part III: Conclusion Chapter 7: Conclusion 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Where do the Parties Stand? 7.3 Debating Immigration in National Parliaments: Issue Salience and Framing Strategies 7.4 Debating the EU in National Parliaments: Issue Salience and Framing Strategies 7.5 Continuity and Differentiation Between National and European Arenas 7.6 Concluding Remarks References Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 Codebook for the Speeches on Immigration The Dimensions of the Coding Scheme First Dimension: The Target of Positioning Second Dimension: The Directionality Third Dimension: The Character of the Expressed Positioning The Fourth Dimension: Sub-Targets Appendix 4 Codebook for the Speeches on the European Union The Dimensions of the Coding Scheme First Dimension: The Target of Positioning Second Dimension: The Directionality Third Dimension: The Character of the Expressed Positioning The Fourth Dimension: Sub-Targets Appendix 5 This book analyses the politicization of immigration and the European Union in Italy, the UK, and the European Parliament (EP) from 2015 to 2020. The book uses the case studies of Italy, the UK, and the EP to study party positioning specifically towards immigration and the European Union, to understand to what extent mainstream-left, mainstream-right and populist parties adopt different framing strategies to compete on the new cultural dimension created by globalization. The book draws on saliency theory, issue ownership theory, and yield theory to investigate the multidimensional nature of political competition, and the relevance of institutional settings in determining party framing strategies. Bridging two fields that typically do not interact party politics and migration studies his book fills gaps in the academic literature and as such will be appropriate for students and researchers interested in party politics, European politics, immigration politics, populism, and text analysis