Interests, Identity and Political Allegiance in the European Union

We take up a longstanding question within the field of European Union (EU) studies: What explains the variation in public support for European integration? There are two dominant explanations: the utilitarian self-interest and the national identity perspectives. The former viewpoint stresses that ci...

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Autores: van Kersbergen, Kees, de Vries, Catherine
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:España
Institución:IE
Repositorio:Repositorio IE
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.ie.edu:20.500.14417/4069
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.ap.5500184
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14417/4069
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/palgrave.ap.5500184
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Palabra clave:59 Ciencia Política::5905 Vida política
ODS 10 - Reducción de las desigualdades
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spelling Interests, Identity and Political Allegiance in the European Unionvan Kersbergen, Keesde Vries, Catherine59 Ciencia Política::5905 Vida políticaODS 10 - Reducción de las desigualdadesWe take up a longstanding question within the field of European Union (EU) studies: What explains the variation in public support for European integration? There are two dominant explanations: the utilitarian self-interest and the national identity perspectives. The former viewpoint stresses that citizens are more likely to support European integration, if it results in a net benefit to their economy or pocketbook, while the latter perspective argues that identity considerations predominantly influence EU support. Drawing on the concept of double allegiance, we argue that these perspectives should be combined into one single explanatory framework rather than framed as alternatives. Using a multilevel model, we empirically substantiate the claim that interest- and identity-based explanations capture different sides of the same coin, as the more citizens perceive integration to threaten their (economic and social–psychological) security and well-being, the less likely they will support the EU.YesPublishedSpringer Naturehttps://ror.org/02jjdwm7520262007info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.ap.5500184https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14417/4069https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/palgrave.ap.5500184reponame:Repositorio IEinstname:IEInglésIE School of Politics, Economics & Global AffairsIE UniversityAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.ie.edu:20.500.14417/40692026-06-15T12:40:57Z
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title Interests, Identity and Political Allegiance in the European Union
spellingShingle Interests, Identity and Political Allegiance in the European Union
van Kersbergen, Kees
59 Ciencia Política::5905 Vida política
ODS 10 - Reducción de las desigualdades
title_short Interests, Identity and Political Allegiance in the European Union
title_full Interests, Identity and Political Allegiance in the European Union
title_fullStr Interests, Identity and Political Allegiance in the European Union
title_full_unstemmed Interests, Identity and Political Allegiance in the European Union
title_sort Interests, Identity and Political Allegiance in the European Union
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ODS 10 - Reducción de las desigualdades
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ODS 10 - Reducción de las desigualdades
description We take up a longstanding question within the field of European Union (EU) studies: What explains the variation in public support for European integration? There are two dominant explanations: the utilitarian self-interest and the national identity perspectives. The former viewpoint stresses that citizens are more likely to support European integration, if it results in a net benefit to their economy or pocketbook, while the latter perspective argues that identity considerations predominantly influence EU support. Drawing on the concept of double allegiance, we argue that these perspectives should be combined into one single explanatory framework rather than framed as alternatives. Using a multilevel model, we empirically substantiate the claim that interest- and identity-based explanations capture different sides of the same coin, as the more citizens perceive integration to threaten their (economic and social–psychological) security and well-being, the less likely they will support the EU.
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