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All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, microfilming, and recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the author. DISSERTATION to obtain the degree of doctor at the university of twente, on the authority of the rector magnificus, Prof. dr. H. Brinksma, on account of the decision of the graduation committee, to be publicly defended on Wednesday 11 May, 2016 at 14.45 p.m.
The Political Attitudes of Divided European Citizens
2020
This book unveils the significant impact of the European integration process on the political thinking of European citizens. With close attention to the interrelation between social and political divisions, it shows that an integrated Europe promotes consensus but also propagates growing dissent among its citizens, with both objective inequalities and the subjective perception of these inequalities fuelling political dissent. Based on original data sets developed from two EU-funded projects across eight and nine European countries, the volume demonstrates the important role played by the social structure of European social space in conditioning political attitudes and preferences. It shows, in particular, that Europeans are highly sensitive to unequal living conditions between European countries, thus affecting their political support of national politics and the European Union. As such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology and politics with interests in Europe and the European Union, European integration and political sociology.
Welcome Message to the 3rd Edition of the European Conference on Political Attitudes and Mentalities, ECPAM'2014, organized by the European Research Group on Political Attitudes and Mentalities, EPAM!
The Influence of Political Events on Attitudes Towards the European Union
British Journal of Political Science, 2003
This two-wave panel study was designed to investigate the effects of the media coverage leading up to and including an important European Union event (a summit meeting of EU leaders) on citizens' attitudes towards the EU and European integration. A random sample of 817 citizens in the Netherlands was surveyed one month before the Amsterdam Summit in June 1997 and three days after it had ended. Two types of attitudes towards Europe were distinguished by scaling analysis: (a) national-pragmatic attitudes towards the EU and (b) supranational-idealistic attitudes towards the EU. Results indicated that supranational-idealistic attitudes were influenced positively as a result of the media coverage related to the summit, whereas national-pragmatic attitudes did not show a significant change. A control variable, attitudes towards immigrants, which was included to detect possible testing effects, showed no change. Effects of the summit's media coverage were in the same direction across all levels of political knowledge and political attentiveness. When predicting change in supranational-idealistic attitudes, controlling for the original attitude and political knowledge, those who were most attentive to politics were more strongly influenced. These findings challenge traditional views of the impact of knowledge, attention and interest on attitude change.
Reformation of Attitudes towards the European Integration
This study reviews the growing far right movements as the basis of Euroscepticism and reforming attitudes towards the European integration process by focusing on the Netherlands during the period of 2004-2009. It is argued that Euroscepticism indicates ‘a model of spiral type cause-and-effect chain’ both at the national and supranational levels. In light of the findings of the study the following hypotheses are verified: “H1- Since 2004, there has been a more salient Euroscepticism general in Europe through the Eurosceptic tendencies of some leading EU member countries such as the Netherlands.” “H2- Despite the visible influence of public-based one, party-based Euroscepticism has been the prominent driving force in the Netherlands.” This research aims to shed light on future analyses on the increasing far right and strengthening Euroscepticism in the other European countries by evaluating the reasons and most probable end results of this processes.