The nature and evolution of public support for European integration over the long run
In: Studies in public policy 487
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In: Studies in public policy 487
In: European Union politics: EUP, Band 19, Heft 4, S. 617-638
ISSN: 1741-2757
To determine how public opinion matters for the politics of European integration, we need to know what Europeans say about Europe. Yet, despite a proliferation of analyses of public support for Europe, fundamental questions remain. First, does aggregate opinion reflect a single preference for Europe? Second, is the content of opinions similar across countries? Third, have opinions about Europe become more structured over time? Finally, what are the long-term dynamics in opinions about Europe? To answer these questions, we construct a new dataset of historical public opinion since 1952 in France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom. Over the long run, aggregate opinion toward Europe reflects one dominant underlying dimension and its content is similar across countries. We examine the trends in support for Europe.
In: Mass Politics in Tough Times, S. 40-71
In: Electoral Studies, Band 31, Heft 1, S. 5-19
In: Electoral Studies, Band 31, Heft 1, S. 5-19
The economy was a major issue in Germany's 2009 election. The global economic crisis did not spare Germany, whose economy is tightly integrated into the global economy. So when the German economy experienced a historical shock, did voters connect their views of the economy with their vote choice? Or did they, as some research has suggested, recognize Germany's dependence on global markets and cut the government slack, especially when the government consists of the country's two major parties? Using pre- and post-election panel surveys from the German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES), we investigate the weight that voters gave to the economy, relative to other considerations, when casting their ballot and whether governing parties were disproportionately judged based on the state of the economy. [Copyright Elsevier Ltd.]
In: Electoral studies: an international journal, Band 31, Heft 1, S. 5-20
ISSN: 0261-3794
In: APSA 2011 Annual Meeting Paper
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In: APSA 2009 Toronto Meeting Paper
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