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Does European Identification Increase Support for Further Economic Integration?
- Source :
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Journal of European Integration . Sep2014, Vol. 36 Issue 6, p601-618. 18p. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Explanations of support for European Union policies are often conceived in terms of utilitarian cost-benefits analysis, yet recent scholarship has demonstrated that ‘soft’ variables, such as identity, are sometimes more useful for explaining preferences about European integration. This article tests a hypothesised link between European identity and support for integrative economic policies to respond to economic crisis in the Eurozone. Data to test the hypothesis are from a novel survey of European university students (n?=?1872) conducted in autumn 2012 in four Eurozone countries (France, Germany, Italy and Spain). Given the economic nature of the policies in question, this is a case where utilitarian calculations might be expected to drive preferences. Yet in each of the four countries, European identity is found to have a significant positive relationship with support for further economic integration, even when controlling for material considerations that might otherwise have been thought to explain these preferences. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07036337
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of European Integration
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 96653168
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07036337.2014.916286