Europe bottom-up: How Eastern Germans and Poles frame the European Union

Nicola Bücker

doi:10.5771/9783845244563

Summary

Wie wird die EU von ihren Bürgern beurteilt? Diese Frage wird in den Sozialwissenschaften üblicherweise anhand von Umfragedaten untersucht. Der Band knüpft demgegenüber an qualitative EU-Studien an und analysiert aus konstruktivistischer Perspektive mit dem Framing-Ansatz die Wechselwirkung zwischen nationalen Diskursen und individuellen EU-Wahrnehmungen. Dies geschieht auf Grundlage von halbstandardisierten Interviews mit Gesprächspartnern aus verschiedenen sozioökonomischen Gruppen in Ostdeutschland und Polen.

Methodisch wendet die Studie u.a. die „Qualitative Comparative Analysis“ an und kann so zeigen, dass sich national geprägte Deutungsmuster oder „Frames“ auf individuelle Wahrnehmungen der EU und deren Beurteilung auswirken. Dabei spielen aktuelle Diskussionen und historische Deutungsmuster eine größere Rolle als das vergangene sozialistische Regime und der nachfolgende Transformationsprozess. Gleichzeitig werden diese Frames durch persönliche Fähigkeiten und Erfahrungen gefiltert, so dass die EU-Einstellungen einer Person sowohl vom nationalen Kontext als auch vom sozialen Milieu beeinflusst werden.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2012
Copyright year: 2012
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-0012-7
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-4456-3
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Studien zur Politischen Soziologie. Studies on Political Sociology
Volume: 21
Language: English
Pages: 326
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 2 - 12 Nicola Bücker
List of Figures No access Pages 13 - 14 Nicola Bücker
List of Tables No access Pages 15 - 16 Nicola Bücker
1. Research context, research questions, and main findings No access Pages 17 - 22 Nicola Bücker
2. The relevance of citizens’ EU attitudes No access Pages 22 - 27 Nicola Bücker
3. Research design and selection of societies No access Pages 27 - 28 Nicola Bücker
4. Further outline of the study No access Pages 28 - 30 Nicola Bücker
1. The concept of attitudes: definition, structure, and formation processes No access Pages 31 - 34 Nicola Bücker
2. Typologies of citizens’ EU attitudes No access Pages 34 - 40 Nicola Bücker
3. 1. Economic models No access Pages 40 - 42 Nicola Bücker
  2. Collective identities No access Pages 42 - 43 Nicola Bücker
  3. Political cues No access Pages 43 - 45 Nicola Bücker
  4. Citizens’ EU attitudes in post-communist societies No access Pages 45 - 48 Nicola Bücker
  5. Empirical results No access Pages 48 - 51 Nicola Bücker
4. Discussion: citizens’ EU support, the role of public debates, and “framing” No access Pages 51 - 56 Nicola Bücker
1. Social constructionism and what people “know” No access Pages 57 - 60 Nicola Bücker
2. The role of communication and public discourses No access Pages 60 - 65 Nicola Bücker
3. Frames and framing No access Pages 65 - 72 Nicola Bücker
4. Consequences and determinants of framing No access Pages 72 - 76 Nicola Bücker
5. Discussion and heuristic hypotheses No access Pages 76 - 78 Nicola Bücker
1. “Where is the frame?” Operationalizing interpretative structures No access Pages 79 - 82 Nicola Bücker
2. Examining public EU frames in (Eastern) Germany and Poland No access Pages 82 - 83 Nicola Bücker
3. 1. Constructing the interview schedule No access Pages 83 - 87 Nicola Bücker
  2. Sampling No access Pages 87 - 90 Nicola Bücker
  3. Conducting and transcribing the interviews No access Pages 90 - 92 Nicola Bücker
4. 1. The inductive coding process No access Pages 92 - 94 Nicola Bücker
  2. The deductive coding process: linking public and cognitive frames No access Pages 94 - 96 Nicola Bücker
5. Secondary analysis of cognitive frames: frequencies, classifications, and Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) No access Pages 96 - 102 Nicola Bücker
6. Discussion: the empirical analysis of public and cognitive EU frames No access Pages 102 - 104 Nicola Bücker
1. Historical roots No access Pages 105 - 111 Nicola Bücker
2. The GDR and “Europe” No access Pages 111 - 114 Nicola Bücker
3. The FRG and “Europe” No access Pages 114 - 121 Nicola Bücker
4. Germany and “Europe” after 1989 No access Pages 121 - 127 Nicola Bücker
5. Discussion: German public EU frames, their objects and attitudes No access Pages 127 - 132 Nicola Bücker
1. Historical roots No access Pages 133 - 136 Nicola Bücker
2. The Polish People’s Republic and “Europe” No access Pages 136 - 140 Nicola Bücker
3. Poland and “Europe” after 1989 No access Pages 140 - 148 Nicola Bücker
4. Discussion: Polish public EU frames, their objects and attitudes No access Pages 148 - 152 Nicola Bücker
5. Public frames in (Eastern) Germany and Poland: a comparison No access Pages 152 - 158 Nicola Bücker
1. Talking about the EU: some general remarks No access Pages 159 - 161 Nicola Bücker
2. 1. “A Solidary Community“ No access Pages 161 - 164 Nicola Bücker
  2. “A People’s Europe” No access Pages 164 - 166 Nicola Bücker
  3. “A Beneficial Single Market” No access Pages 166 - 167 Nicola Bücker
  4. “National Discrimination” No access Pages 167 - 170 Nicola Bücker
3. 1. “A Disastrous Single Market” No access Pages 170 - 172 Nicola Bücker
  2. “A Positive Lifeworld” No access Pages 172 - 173 Nicola Bücker
  3. “A Threat to National Identity and Sovereignty” No access Pages 173 - 174 Nicola Bücker
4. Cognitive EU frames of minor relevance No access Pages 174 - 176 Nicola Bücker
5. 1. The linkage between public and cognitive EU frames No access Pages 176 - 180 Nicola Bücker
  2. The linkage to previous research No access Pages 180 - 184 Nicola Bücker
1. 1. “A Bad Political System” No access Pages 185 - 189 Nicola Bücker
  2. “A Global Player” No access Pages 189 - 191 Nicola Bücker
  3. “Threats of Enlargement” No access Pages 191 - 192 Nicola Bücker
2. 1. “An Inherent Necessity” No access Pages 192 - 194 Nicola Bücker
  2. “A Legacy of World War II” No access Pages 194 - 195 Nicola Bücker
  3. “Disappointment” No access Pages 195 - 196 Nicola Bücker
3. Cognitive EU frames, their objects and attitudes in Eastern Germany No access Pages 196 - 204 Nicola Bücker
4. 1. “Modernization” No access Pages 204 - 207 Nicola Bücker
  2. “Protection and Power” No access Pages 207 - 208 Nicola Bücker
5. 1. “A European Identity” No access Pages 208 - 209 Nicola Bücker
  2. “A Successful Transformation” No access Pages 209 - 211 Nicola Bücker
6. Cognitive EU frames, their objects and attitudes in Poland No access Pages 211 - 216 Nicola Bücker
7. 1. Cognitive frames and their linkage to public frames, EU objects, and EU attitudes No access Pages 216 - 219 Nicola Bücker
  2. The linkage to previous research No access Pages 219 - 222 Nicola Bücker
1. How Eastern Germans and Poles evaluate the EU No access Pages 223 - 225 Nicola Bücker
2. 1. The EU framing of “committed supporters” No access Pages 225 - 229 Nicola Bücker
  2. The EU framing of “critics” No access Pages 229 - 231 Nicola Bücker
3. EU framing and types of EU attitudes across national subgroups No access Pages 231 - 233 Nicola Bücker
4. The participants’ favored integration models No access Pages 233 - 237 Nicola Bücker
5. 1. The transfer of legislative power No access Pages 237 - 239 Nicola Bücker
  2. The EU’s social responsibility No access Pages 239 - 240 Nicola Bücker
  3. The EU’s enlargement and Turkey’s accession No access Pages 240 - 244 Nicola Bücker
6. Discussion: cognitive frames, EU attitudes, and integration models No access Pages 244 - 248 Nicola Bücker
1. Sociodemographic and regional differences No access Pages 249 - 252 Nicola Bücker
2. The role of interest, collective identities, and the transformation process No access Pages 252 - 256 Nicola Bücker
3. 1. Selection of cases and conditions No access Pages 256 - 260 Nicola Bücker
  2. Conducting multi-value QCA No access Pages 260 - 261 Nicola Bücker
  3. Summary of results No access Pages 261 - 272 Nicola Bücker
4. 1. The relevance of social milieu No access Pages 272 - 276 Nicola Bücker
  2. Cognitive EU frames of different social groups and their EU attitudes No access Pages 276 - 278 Nicola Bücker
1. 1. Public EU constructions across national contexts No access Pages 279 - 280 Nicola Bücker
  2. How citizens frame the EU: national and social variation No access Pages 280 - 283 Nicola Bücker
2. The linkage between cognitive EU frames, EU attitudes, and integration models No access Pages 283 - 286 Nicola Bücker
3. Post-communist features of public and cognitive EU frames No access Pages 286 - 287 Nicola Bücker
4. 1. Qualitative research No access Pages 287 - 289 Nicola Bücker
  2. Quantitative research No access Pages 289 - 292 Nicola Bücker
  3. Frames and Values No access Pages 292 - 294 Nicola Bücker
Appendix No access Pages 295 - 304 Nicola Bücker
References No access Pages 305 - 326 Nicola Bücker