Explaining Opposition to Turkish Membership of the EU

McLaren, Lauren M.

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“…The affective approach suggests that, rather than driven by self-interest, citizens form their preferences with reference to sociotropic concerns regarding their evaluation of societal needs (Hainmueller and Hopkins 2014;Hobolt 2014;McLaren 2007). The division between those who support and those who oppose the EU is increasingly one of identity, openness and tolerance (Hooghe and Marks 2018).…”

Section: Identity and Perceived Threats To In-groupsmentioning

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“…They tend to express hostility against other groups, which they perceive as posing a threat to their own group. Strong feelings of national identity tend to lower general EU support (Carey 2002) and influence support for specific EU policies, including European Economic Governance, EU enlargement, Turkish EU entry and the deepening of integration (Hobolt 2014;McLaren 2007;Kuhn and Stoeckel 2014). Immigration-related factors are also key antecedents of EU attitudes with citizens who feel threatened by immigrant groups being more sceptical towards integration (Lubbers and Scheepers 2007).…”

Section: Identity and Perceived Threats To In-groupsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example, contextual factors influence the effect of perceived threat to ingroup resources and way of life on support for Turkish EU membership (McLaren 2007) and the effect of European identity on support for European economic governance (Kuhn and Stoeckel 2014). The effect of identity on support for the EU may be conditional on economic context.…”

Section: The Domestic Contextmentioning

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Opportunity or threat? Public attitudes towards EU freedom of movement

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Talving

2018

Journal of European Public Policy

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This article examines the effect of individual and contextual variables on preference formation towards European Union (EU) freedom of movement. Our multilevel analyses of Eurobarometer data show that citizens with low levels of human capital and strong feelings of national identity are more likely to oppose intra-EU migration. However, we argue that in order to fully grasp variation in public preferences, we need to consider the domestic context. Utilitarian and affective theories have more explanatory power in richer countries, but in less affluent member states support for free movement is evenly high irrespective of individual dispositions. Our findings have implications for the progress of European integration, especially at a time when the EU is in the process of deciding on a course of action about its future direction.

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Talving

2018

Journal of European Public Policy

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“…Among these factors, anti-immigrant attitudes are the strongest predictor (e.g. Azrout et al, 2011;De Vreese et al, 2008;McLaren, 2007).…”

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What’s Islam got to do with it? Attitudes toward specific religious and national out-groups, and support for EU policies

Azrout

Wojcieszak

2017

European Union Politics

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Previous studies predicted European Union attitudes using anti-immigrant attitudes, but without explicitly accounting for attitudes toward different out-groups. We propose that group-specific attitudes independently predict attitudes toward the European Union, but only when the out-group is linked to the European Union issue in question. We additionally argue that realistic or symbolic threat associated with specific outgroups determines whether utilitarian or identity considerations are more important in predicting European Union attitudes. Using a nationally representative Dutch sample (N ¼ 2347), we focus on attitudes toward Polish and Muslim immigrants to predict strengthening of European Union integration and Turkey's potential accession and find support for our hypotheses. The findings indicate the need to rethink the relationship between out-group perceptions and European Union attitudes.

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“…Identitetski i afektivni činitelji uključuju s jedne strane snagu i isključivost nacionalnog identiteta (Hooghe i Marks, 2005;McLaren, 2002) a s druge osjećaj prijetnje koji integracija predstavlja za nacionalnu kulturu i ekonomiju (Carey, 2002;de Vries i van Kersbergen, 2007;Diez Medrano, 2003;Luedtke, 2005;McLaren, 2007). Izraženiji osjećaj ekskluzivnog nacionalnog identiteta te jači osjećaj prijetnje nacionalnom identitetu i kulturi povezan je s nižom razinom podrške europskim integracijama.…”

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Odnos prema nacionalnoj politici i odluka o pristupanju EU na referendumu 2012. godine

Henjak

2017

Anali HPD

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Sažetak rad analizira utjecaj odnosa prema nacionalnoj politici na podršku ulasku u eU, na hrvatskom referendumu o pristupanju održanom u siječnju 2012. Kontekst u kojem se odvijalo hrvatsko pristupanje eU karakterizirala je politička uvjetovanost vezana uz naslijeđe rata i odnosa sa susjedima, nedostatak jasne vizije hrvatskih elita o ulozi unutar eU i budućem smjeru razvoja Unije, percepcija ekonomske krize kao prije svega domaćeg fenomena te proeuropska pozicija politič-kih elita i medija. U takvim uvjetima na odnos hrvatskih građana prema eU prije svega utječe njihov odnos prema nacionalnim političkim elitama i institucijama. rad provjerava ovu hipotezu koristeći podatke prikupljene anketnim istraživanjem provedenim neposredno prije održavanja referenduma o pristupanju eU. analiza provedena multinominalnom logističkom regresijom pokazuje da povjerenje u političke institucije i percepcija političke djelotvornosti imaju najznačajniji utjecaj na odnos prema europskoj uniji. analiza također pokazuje da socioekonomski činitelji i procjene ekonomskog stanja nemaju značajan utjecaj na odnos hrvatske javnosti prema eU.Ključne riječi europska unija, pristupni proces, referendum, povjerenje, političke institucije, politička efikasnost UvodPristupanje Hrvatske Europskoj uniji odvijalo se u bitno drugačijem kontekstu od pristupanja drugih zemalja člani-ca iz srednje i istočne Europe. Hrvatska je pristupila Europskoj uniji u trenutku kad je ekonomska kriza počela potresati temelje europskih institucija i dovoditi u pitanje percepciju o Europskoj uniji kao jamcu ekonomskog razvoja i prosperiteta za sve zemlje članice. Hrvatska je ušla u Uniju u trenutku u kojem "permisivni konsenzus" između elita i javnosti o

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Explaining Opposition to Turkish Membership of the EU

Cited by 99 publications

References 37 publications

Opportunity or threat? Public attitudes towards EU freedom of movement

Opportunity or threat? Public attitudes towards EU freedom of movement

What’s Islam got to do with it? Attitudes toward specific religious and national out-groups, and support for EU policies

Odnos prema nacionalnoj politici i odluka o pristupanju EU na referendumu 2012. godine

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