Western Dreams, Eastern Realities

Support for the European Union in Central and Eastern Europe

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6244282
AutoresRachel A Cichowski (University of California, Irvine, autor correspondente)
Ano2000
Volume33
Fascículo10
Páginas1243-1278
Data de publicação2000-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoComparative Political Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0010-4140 • E-ISSN: 1552-3829
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0010414000033010001
OpenAlexW2027808765
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas60
Referências citadas37

Much of our recent scholarship argues that public support in member countries is integral to the success of European Union (EU) policies and initiatives. Despite growing evidence that public support is also often crucial to attaining (and sustaining) EU membership—as evidenced by the volatile Maastricht referenda in Denmark and France and the unsuccessful Norwegian accession—there is little systematic research on accession countries. This study develops an analytic framework for understanding EU public opinion in applicant countries undergoing democratic transitions. Using data from a 1996 survey, the analysis tests both utilitarian and value models of support and finds general attitudes toward democracy and capitalism and an individual's political partisanship to be the strongest determinants of support for EU membership. The results challenge dominant explanations for public opinion in member states and suggest how we might better adapt these models to examine attitudes in applicant countries

Accession · Capitalism · Democracy · Economics · European union · International trade · Norwegian · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · Public support · Scholarship · Sociology · Survey data collection · Value (mathematics · World Values Survey · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration