Of losers and laggards: the interplay of material conditions and individual perceptions in the shaping of EU discontent
Two principal strands of scholarship analyse the material roots of European Union (EU) dis- content. Some focus on the effects of regional decline, while others examine the role of indi- vidual socioeconomic factors. This paper brings these two perspectives together. We argue that EU discontent is a...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Sevilla (US) |
| Repositorio: | idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:idus.us.es:11441/130620 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/11441/130620 https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsab022 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Discontent Perceptions European Union Attitudes PLS Eurobarometer |
| Sumario: | Two principal strands of scholarship analyse the material roots of European Union (EU) dis- content. Some focus on the effects of regional decline, while others examine the role of indi- vidual socioeconomic factors. This paper brings these two perspectives together. We argue that EU discontent is a multifaceted phenomenon structured by the spatially-rooted inter- play between individual and regional material conditions and subjective perceptions. We apply PLS-SEM to Eurobarometer public opinion data (2018–2019) and find that the geo- graphical location and the socioeconomic position shape EU discontent directly. However, material factors’ relevance for EU discontent is the greatest in structuring individual future expectations. Furthermore, democratic dissatisfaction turns out to be a key factor, pointing to the importance of institutional perceptions in the geography of discontent |
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