Interests and integration : market liberalization, public opinion, and European Union /

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Author / Creator:Gabel, Matthew J.
Imprint:Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©1998.
Description:1 online resource (xiv, 176 pages)
Language:English
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ISBN:9780472022243
0472022245
1282437666
9781282437661
9786612437663
6612437669
0472108565
9780472108565
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-170) and index.
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Summary:Integration in Europe has been a slow incremental process focusing largely on economic matters. Policymakers have tried to develop greater support for the European Union by such steps as creating pan-European political institutions - and yet significant opposition remains to policies such as the creation of a single currency.
Gabel argues that differences in attitudes toward integration are grounded in the different perceptions of how economic integration will impact individual economic welfare and how perceptions of economic welfare influence political attitudes. Basing his argument on David Easton's idea that where affective support for institutions is low, citizens will base their support for institutions on their utilitarian appraisal of how well the institutions work for them.
Gabel contends that in the European Union, citizens' appraisal of the impact of the Union on their individual welfare is crucial because their affective support is quite low. This timely book will be of interest to scholars studying European integration as well as scholars interested in the impact of public opinion on economic policy-making.
Other form:Print version: Gabel, Matthew J. Interests and integration. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©1998 9780472108565
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Summary:Integration in Europe has been a slow incremental process focusing largely on economic matters. Policy makers have tried to develop greater support for the European Union by such steps as creating pan-European political institutions. Yet significant opposition remains to policies such as the creation of a single currency. What explains continued support for the European Union as well as opposition among some to the loss of national control on some questions? Has the incremental process of integration and the development of institutions and symbols of a united Europe transformed public attitudes towards the European Union?<br> In this book, Matthew Gabel probes the attitudes of the citizens of Europe toward the European Union. He argues that differences in attitudes toward integration are grounded in the different perceptions of how economic integration will affect individuals' economic welfare and how perceptions of economic welfare effect political attitudes. Basing his argument on Easton's idea that where affective support for institutions is low, citizens will base their support for institutions on their utilitarian appraisal of how well the institutions work for them, Gabel contends that in the European Union, citizens' appraisal of the impact of the Union on their individual welfare is crucial because their affective support is quite low.<br> This book will be of interest to scholars studying European integration as well as scholars interested in the impact of public opinion on economic policymaking.<br> Matthew Gabel is Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Kentucky.<br>
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 176 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-170) and index.
ISBN:9780472022243
0472022245
1282437666
9781282437661
9786612437663
6612437669
0472108565
9780472108565