The Formation of Support for the European Union in Central and Eastern Europe

Dr. Bettina Wagner

doi:10.5771/9783845238043

Summary

Worauf begründet sich die Unterstützung oder Ablehnung der Europäischen Union durch die Bürger Mittel- und Osteuropas? Da die EU ein komplexes und insbesondere von der Lebenswelt neuer EU-Bürger weit entferntes politisches System darstellt, ist es unwahrscheinlich, dass eine Einschätzung dieses Systems alleine auf Einstellungen zur EU beruht.

Dieses Buch identifiziert und analysiert den Meinungsbildungsprozess, der bei mittel- und osteuropäischen EU-Bürgern zur Unterstützung oder Ablehnung der EU führt. Unter Berücksichtigung der traditionellen EU-Unterstützungsforschung sowie kognitionspsychologischer Erkenntnisse wird ein theoretisches Modell entwickelt, das anschließend anhand von Umfragedaten empirisch überprüft wird. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die Bürger Heuristiken nutzen, wenn sie die EU bewerten müssen - d.h., sie nutzen bereits vorhandene Einstellungen zum eigenen, ihnen besser vertrauten politischen System, dem Nationalstaat, um Einstellungen zur EU zu generieren.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2012
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8329-7096-3
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-3804-3
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Studien zur Wahl- und Einstellungsforschung
Volume: 21
Language: English
Pages: 295
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 16
1. Approaching the subject No access
2. Shortcomings in current research No access
3. Research questions No access
4. 1. Support for the European Union No access
  2. Approaches to the study of support for the European Union in the Western context No access
  3. Approaches to the study of support for the European Union in Central and Eastern Europe No access
  4. Attitude structure underlying support for the European Union No access
5. Consequences from shortcomings in current research and methods and data No access
6. Outline of the book No access
1. 1. A general model of support for a political regime No access
  2. 1. Integration of national attitudes as determinants of support for the European Union No access
    2. Problems in measuring determinants of support of the European Union No access
    3. Fuchs’ final model of support for the European Union No access
  3. Summary and implications No access
2. 1. Preliminary contextual information about Central and Eastern Europe No access
  2. 1. Political performance of the European Union No access
    2. Identification with the European community No access
  3. 1. Need for additional determinants No access
    2. Research on support for the European Union: National attitudes as cognitive heuristics No access
    3. Cognitive psychological research: Cognitive heuristics No access
    4. Combining evidence from research on support for the European Union and cognitive psychological research No access
    5. National attitudes as cognitive heuristics in Central and Eastern Europe No access
    6. Multiple identities: Evidence from social psychology and EU research No access
    7. Multiple identities in Central and Eastern Europe No access
  4. Implications for a model of support for the European Union in Central and Eastern Europe No access
  5. A model of support for the European Union in Central and Eastern Europe No access
3. Hypotheses No access
1. Heterogeneity assumption No access
2. Defining and measuring political sophistication No access
3. 1. Political sophistication, heterogeneity, and the use of cognitive heuristics No access
  2. Political knowledge of the European Union No access
4. Hypotheses No access
1. Carrying out the analysis No access
2. Data, research design and treating of missing values No access
3. Method: Structural equation modeling No access
4. Operationalization No access
5. 1. Level and development of support for the European Union No access
  2. 1. Findings from dimension reduction methods No access
    2. Empirical analysis of the model of support for the European Union No access
  3. Development of the attitude structure underlying support for the European Union No access
6. Operationalization of political sophistication: Factual knowledge of the European Union No access
7. 1. Level and development of support for the European Union No access
  2. The attitude structure underlying support for the European Union No access
  3. Development of the attitude structure underlying support for the European Union No access
Conclusion No access Pages 245 - 254
1. Data sets No access
2. Question wording No access
3. Additional tables No access
Bibliography No access Pages 273 - 295