Chapter 3 Multiple choice questions

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What is 'Europeanization'?

Development of institutions at the European level correct incorrect

The imitation of forms of European political organization and institutions in other parts of the world correct incorrect

Changes in the relationship between member states and the European Union correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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According to studies of Europeanization, what best explains the degree of domestic adaptation to changes in the EU?

The strength of public support for European integration correct incorrect

How closely domestic policies and institutions fit with European ones correct incorrect

The skill and staffing levels of national bureaucracies correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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True or false: Europeanization is an exclusively top-down process.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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What is the difference between 'first generation' and 'second generation' studies of Europeanization?

Second generation studies emphasize the fit of domestic and European values and norms rather than policies or institutions. correct incorrect

Second generation studies focus on policy learning and voluntary adaptation while first generation studies focus on 'forced' policy change. correct incorrect

First generation studies emphasize top-down change while second generation studies emphasize two-way effects. correct incorrect

All of the above. correct incorrect

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What is a permissive consensus?

Mass support for integration expressed through a referendum on a treaty correct incorrect

Mass support for integration expressed by lack of opposition correct incorrect

General agreement on European integration reached through successive rounds of bargaining correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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Which of the following is not a key proposition of the literature on politicization of the EU?

EU issues have become more salient to domestic politics correct incorrect

EU issues have become less contested correct incorrect

There is increasing divergence of preferences within and between member states correct incorrect

A wider set of actors are following EU issues correct incorrect

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Which of the following is not true of 'Euroscepticism'?

It is an exclusively British political phenomenon correct incorrect

It can usefully be thought of as either 'hard' or 'soft' correct incorrect

It describes forms of bottom-up opposition to processes of European integration correct incorrect

It has increased across the EU as a result of the eurozone and migration crises correct incorrect

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Which of the following theorists is most closely associated with the theory of disintegration?

Douglas Webber correct incorrect

Brigid Laffan correct incorrect

Peter Mair correct incorrect

Simon Hix correct incorrect

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The output dimension of democratic legitimacy can also be referred to as:

Legitimacy from performance. correct incorrect

Democratic accountability. correct incorrect

Participatory democracy. correct incorrect

All of the above. correct incorrect

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Which of the following was an explicit intention of the 2009 Lisbon Treaty?

To promote an economic union correct incorrect

To enhance democracy in the EU correct incorrect

To facilitate Turkish accession to the EU correct incorrect

To undermine the supranational structures of the EU correct incorrect