2016 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Consolidating or Dismantling Representative Democracy at the EU-level: An analysis of the activites of the Europarties, European Parliamentary Groups before and after the 2014 European elections
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26380174
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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) |
2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | Europarties / European Parliament / developmental potential / Institutionalism / Brexit |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
I continued to collect data and work on the situation of the Europarties in situ. In December, I attended the Congress of the Party of European Socialists in Prague. This complimented visits to the ALDE (Liberals) and EPP (Conservatives) Congress in 2014 and 2015. Here I was able to listen to debates, hold on the spot and pre-arranged interviews, and contribute to some fringe meetings on the future of the Europarties. In January 2017, I undertook a research visit to Brussels to attend a seminar on the future of political parties from the non-partisan National Democratic Institute (USA). For the remainder of the trip, I undertook interviews with Europarty representatives from across the political spectrum. During the year, I also gave a presentation that included placing the Europarties in the context of global governance; wrote a joint paper with Leeds University Prof Simon Lightfoot (who went on to present our paper) that focused on the global counterparts of the Europarties; and incorporated work on institutionalism into a paper beyond this project which will be published in an international journal in 2018. I continued to update my blog - although intermittently.I applied to give a paper at the Mid-West Political Science Association (MPSA). It was accepted for the poster session rather than a main panel so, given the costs of the trip, I decided not to attend.I also gave three presentations on Brexit in Oita, Kyoto and Tokyo.I have also been able to incorporate my research findings into my undergraduate and post-graduate teaching.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
3: Progress in research has been slightly delayed.
Reason
I carried over a small proportion of the budget which will be used to pay for an end of project seminar which will be open to the public. I have secured two additional speakers for this event which will be held in the Autumn - one academic from Kurume University and one journalist from the Nikkei Shimbun. Additional funds will also be used to pay for translation of some of my findings from English into Japanese. I am in the process of trying to find an academic (from a political science background) who would be willing to undertake this role.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
During the year's extension, I will also seek to finish writing-up my research findings. Part of the goal here is to place the research in a slightly wider historical and institutional context. I am then hoping to find a publisher later in the year with a view to producing a book, in Japanese, later in 2018.
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| Causes of Carryover |
In order to ensure that my work gets wider public recognition I would like to get sections of it translated from English to Japanese. I also intend to hold an end of project seminar in the Autumn which will be open to the public
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| Expenditure Plan for Carryover Budget |
I intend to use the finances for covering the cost of the end-user seminar and the translation costs from English to Japanese.
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[Presentation] 歴史を変えた国民投票 イギリスとEU離脱2016
Author(s)
Stephen Day
Organizer
大分ＥＵ協会より 31st General Meeting
Place of Presentation
Oita, Tokiwakaikan, Oita-ken, Oita-shi
Year and Date
2016-07-29 – 2016-07-29
Invited
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