Does Europeanisation weaken the Left? Changing coalitions and veto power in Swiss decision-making processes
分析了欧洲化如何影响瑞士社会民主力量的政治资源，发现欧洲化并未削弱左派，反而因右翼内部分歧而增强了其权力。
This article analyses how Europeanisation affects the power resources of social democratic forces in Switzerland. Whereas political economy arguments would assume that processes of internationalisation invariably weaken social democratic parties and trade unions, we argue that they can also empower them in certain circumstances. Detailed case studies of decision-making processes in Switzerland show that Europeanisation does not coincide with a weaker position of social democrats. On the contrary, they are stronger in Europeanised issues because they can take advantage of increased conflicts within right-wing political forces, be it among political elites or between the elites and their electoral base.