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Identity, Interests and Attitudes to European Integration || by McLaren, Lauren M.; Nugent, Neill; Paterson, William E.; Egan, Michelle is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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With growing levels of Euroscepticism across EU member states, grasping the roots of opposition to European integration has become more important than ever. This book charts public perceptions of the European Union in both the EU-15 and the new member states and introduces an identity-based model to explain mass Euroscepticism. To what degree do citizens of EU member states support its institutions, and how much do perceptions of those institutions depend upon fundamental feelings of identity? In Identity, Interests and Attitudes to European Integration, Lauren M. McLaren outlines explanations of varying feelings towards the European Union and the integration project, focusing on egoistic self-interest and the perceived threat to one's group. The book introduces new evidence that questions the degree to which Europeans think about the EU in utilitarian terms and contemplates the other lenses through which ordinary citizens might view the EU, particularly those that identify and reject it. Ultimately, the book contends that feelings about the EU may be related more to general xenophobia and out-group rejection than to cost/benefit calculations about whether the EU satisfies one's se

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Author

McLaren, Lauren M.; Nugent, Neill; Paterson, William E.; Egan, Michelle

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan Limited

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9781403992819

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, Law, Social_sciences