The Alliance of Poland with Western Europe

How Polish Euro-Enthusiasts and Euro-Skeptics Change Their Opinions

Bibliographic Data

ID9951990
AuthorsBogdan W Mach (0000-0003-3440-7899, corresponding author), Kazimierz M Slomczynski (0000-0001-7704-0885), Wojciech Zaborowski
Year1998
Volume28
Issue3
Pages74-91
Publication date1998-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7659 • E-ISSN: 1557-9336
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15579336.1998.11770183
OpenAlexW2551156690
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited3

This article presents the results of an empirical study pertaining to popular support for European integration by the Polish population. On the basis of a survey conducted in 1995 on a national sample of men and women, two extreme groups were distinguished: Euro-enthusiasts and Euro-skeptics. Both groups were reinterviewed in 1997. Analysis of the panel data focuses on how many people change their opinions and beliefs pertaining to European integration, whatfactors influence such a change, and how this change is related to other opinions and beliefs. The results show that the transition from the category of Euro-skeptics to the category of Euro-enthusiasts is more frequent than that in the opposite direction. The temporal stability of Euro-enthusiasm is statistically determined by exposure to the West, a belief that present Poland is a better country in which to live than Poland in the past, and right-wing political self-identification. This transition is significantly correlated with political or

Alliance · Archaeology · Geography · Political science · European Politics and Security · Polish Historical and Cultural Studies

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