New Article: The Matthew Effect in the EU
In a new article, Micha毛l Tatham finds that the influence of demographically heavier and supranationally well-networked regions is greater than that of smaller regions. This is, however, conditioned by an indirect effect of the level of decentralisation.
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Although regions only influence EU policy to a limited degree, their ability to influence EU policy increases according to the size of their population and the degree of supranational embeddedness of their top officials. Decentralisation levels, however, play a conditioning role by magnifying the effect of population size and networkedness.
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The magnifying effect of decentralisation is likely to increase inequalities between regions in Brussels. This 鈥淢atthew effect鈥� rewards more handsomely the more powerful 鈥� to the detriment of those who remain institutionally weaker. The two logics that appear to enable regions to affect EU policy are thus 1) a representational logic, and; 2) a 鈥淢atthew effect鈥�.
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This is shown by Associate Professor at The Department of Comparative Politics, Micha毛l Tatham, in a new article in International 大象传媒 Quarterly. .