Who supports metropolitan integration? Citizens’ perceptions of city-regional governance in Western Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8041572 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Andrea Strebel (0000-0002-8983-8867, Institute of Political Studies, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1081-1106 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | West European Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0140-2382 • E-ISSN: 1743-9655 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01402382.2021.1929688 |
| OpenAlex | W3172261400 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 39 |
The appropriate scale of metropolitan governance has been the subject of long-running debates. These debates between institutional fragmentation and integration proponents have revolved around the efficiency and effectiveness of metropolitan governance structures. However, the democratic acceptability of such reforms – whether and which citizens support or oppose metropolitan integration – has been largely ignored. This article makes two contributions. First, it develops a socio-psychological explanation of citizens’ support for metropolitan integration. Second, it uses unique survey data of 5000 respondents from eight West European metropolitan areas to demonstrate that group-based (local attachment and nationalist party support) and cognitive factors (exposure to metropolitan issues and heuristics) are linked to metropolitan integration support, while material interests are less relevant. These findings are in line with multilevel governance research more generally and suggest that citizens’ multilevel governance perceptions exhibit similar patterns across territorial scales. Supplemental data for this article can be accessed online at: https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2021.1929688
Corporate governance · Democracy · Economics · European integration · European union · Geography · Heuristics · International trade · Metropolitan area · Political science · Politics · Regional science · Sociology · Survey data collection · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Political Systems and Governance · Public Administration
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |