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How Citizens’ Education, Occupation, Personal Economic Expectations and National Identity Interact with One Another to Sway Public Opinion on the EU
Author(s) -
Balestrini Pierre P.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
swiss political science review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.632
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1662-6370
pISSN - 1424-7755
DOI - 10.1111/j.1662-6370.2012.02068.x
Subject(s) - eurobarometer , feeling , public opinion , identity (music) , affect (linguistics) , national identity , public support , personal identity , political science , social psychology , sociology , psychology , european union , public relations , economics , law , self concept , politics , economic policy , physics , communication , acoustics
Abstract: This article examines the pattern of interactions between education, occupation, personal economic expectations and feelings of national identity and how these interactions affect public support for the EU. Using Eurobarometer data from 1993 to 2006, the results in this paper demonstrate that occupation mediates the relationship between EU support and education. It is also found that the sway of citizens’ personal financial expectations on EU support is not conditioned by education and occupation. Finally citizens’ personal economic expectations are not found to condition the relationship between EU support and feelings of national identity. In the light of these findings the paper draws implications.