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…Thanks, but I’ll bypass: How state gatekeeping impacts regional bypassing in the EU

Hagberg, Evelina LU (2022) STVM23 20212
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This thesis centres around the question of how two theories – intergovernmentalism and multilevel governance – explain regional government mobilisation at an EU-level. The central debate is what actually remains of central state control in keeping regional governments out of Brussels. This debate is embodied by two key concepts: central state control, or gatekeeping, and regional government participation, or bypassing. Previous literature has been riddled with both conceptual and empirical ambiguity in what exactly the role of state gatekeeping is, which leads to the research question: How does state gatekeeping impact regional government bypassing in the EU?

Using multiple different statistical models, I analyse the impact of... (More)
This thesis centres around the question of how two theories – intergovernmentalism and multilevel governance – explain regional government mobilisation at an EU-level. The central debate is what actually remains of central state control in keeping regional governments out of Brussels. This debate is embodied by two key concepts: central state control, or gatekeeping, and regional government participation, or bypassing. Previous literature has been riddled with both conceptual and empirical ambiguity in what exactly the role of state gatekeeping is, which leads to the research question: How does state gatekeeping impact regional government bypassing in the EU?

Using multiple different statistical models, I analyse the impact of gatekeeping on bypassing in 298 regions across nineteen EU Member States. I measure gatekeeping in three different ways using data from the Regional Authority Index and develop my own bypassing indices based on three different activities. I control for other factors using Eurostat and Eurobarometer data. It turns out that the role of gatekeeping depends on how gatekeeping as a concept is looked at. When envisioned as a lack of autonomy over the self, gatekeeping constrains bypassing, but when measured as a lack of influence over the national polity, gatekeeping instead incentivises bypassing. (Less)
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author
Hagberg, Evelina LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVM23 20212
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
gatekeeping, bypassing, multilevel governance, intergovernmentalism, paradiplomacy.
language
English
id
9069552
date added to LUP
2022-03-14 12:41:37
date last changed
2022-03-14 12:41:37
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  abstract     = {{This thesis centres around the question of how two theories – intergovernmentalism and multilevel governance – explain regional government mobilisation at an EU-level. The central debate is what actually remains of central state control in keeping regional governments out of Brussels. This debate is embodied by two key concepts: central state control, or gatekeeping, and regional government participation, or bypassing. Previous literature has been riddled with both conceptual and empirical ambiguity in what exactly the role of state gatekeeping is, which leads to the research question: How does state gatekeeping impact regional government bypassing in the EU? 

Using multiple different statistical models, I analyse the impact of gatekeeping on bypassing in 298 regions across nineteen EU Member States. I measure gatekeeping in three different ways using data from the Regional Authority Index and develop my own bypassing indices based on three different activities. I control for other factors using Eurostat and Eurobarometer data. It turns out that the role of gatekeeping depends on how gatekeeping as a concept is looked at. When envisioned as a lack of autonomy over the self, gatekeeping constrains bypassing, but when measured as a lack of influence over the national polity, gatekeeping instead incentivises bypassing.}},
  author       = {{Hagberg, Evelina}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{…Thanks, but I’ll bypass: How state gatekeeping impacts regional bypassing in the EU}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}