2021 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Crisis or Opportunity? European Integration and party politics at the national and EU-level in the wake of Brexit
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17K03544
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| Research Institution | Oita University |
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Principal Investigator |
Day Stephen 大分大学, 経済学部, 教授 (60404357)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2017-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | Europarties / Brexit / Transnational lists / Populism |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
During the past year (April 2021-March 2022) I have continued to remain up-to-date with post-Brexit developments and issues tied to debates surrounding the future of European integration. My primary focus, during the past year, has been on the on-going debate concerning the continuing evolution of the European political parties (Europarties). This includes Europarty-related proposals emerging from the citizen-led Conference on the Future of Europe; the European parliamentary debate and vote on the implementation of pan-European ‘transnational lists’ for the 2024 European elections; and the continuing debate about strengthening the role and significance of the Europarties via amendments to the EU rules/regulations governing them. In June 2021, I gave a presentation (online) to the annual conference Japan Comparative Politics Association entitled: ‘EUレベルにおけるトランスナショナル代表デモクラシーの構築と欧州政党（ユーロ政党）の役割. Last year's monograph (co-written with Prof. Masayuki Rikihisa) on Brexit was reviewed in the Nihon Keizai Shimbun in April. [see https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGKKZO71073640W1A410C2MY6000/]. In October, I gave a presentation (online) about Populism and the UK to the Brown University Alumni Society (Japan). Towards the end of the year, I was asked to provide a back-jacket and inside cover review for a newly published monograph entitled 'European Political Parties and Party Finance Reform: Funding Democracy?' [see https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-95175-7#about-book-reviews].
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
3: Progress in research has been slightly delayed.
Reason
Progress has been slow not least because the opportunity for fieldwork has been curtailed by the on-going impact of Covid-19. I hope to rectify this during the forthcoming year.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
During this academic year I am hoping to conduct a series of interviews in Brussels at the end of September. My intention remains to publish a monograph on the Europarties (as mentioned in last years report) in time for the 2024 European parliamentary elections.
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| Causes of Carryover |
Unfortunately due to the on-going Covid situation a desire to attend an international conference and undertake fieldwork in Brussels had to be postponed
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