Quantitative analyses of the European Union

Laloux, Thomas;Le Gall, Cal
(2023) The Elgar Companion to the European Union — ISBN: [9781800883437], p. 133-144, published

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Quantitative analyses of the EU have flourished over the years after being largely absent in this field or research. Yet, the existing literature provides few historical accounts and almost no contemporary overview mapping out whether and how political scientists have analysed the EU using quantitative analyses over the years. We propose to fill this gap by providing an historical overview of the development of quantitative analyses of the EU until the 2000s. In addition, we survey the evolution of quantitative analyses of the EU in the main journals dedicated to European integration and examine the main topics studied in this framework. By taking a step back from the production of quantitative knowledge in EU studies, we identify blind spots and gaps thereby suggesting new avenues of research. We show that the use of quantitative methods started with the development of public opinion studies. With the development of new data collection methods and new datasets, quantitative analysis of the EU gained momentum in the early 2000s and tackled new topics such as EU decision-making and EU parliamentarians’ behaviour. Yet, quantitative analyses of the EU remain largely devoted to the study of public opinion, EU-decision making and political parties.
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Laloux, T., & Le Gall, C. (2023). Quantitative analyses of the European Union. In Samuel Faure,Christian Lequesne (ed.), The Elgar Companion to the European Union (p. p. 133-144). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800883437.00019