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- Pierre Philippe Balestrini
Abstract
Although the literature about European Union (EU) public opinion is quite extensive, much of it focuses on general indexes of support for the EU or one specific EU policy area. The study of citizens’ appraisal of the EU contribution across socioeconomic policies and its interdependence is uncharted territory. The present article addresses this gap in the research. Using Eurobarometer data, it is demonstrated that national publics tend to be dissatisfied with the EU contribution across policies and that this assessment is consistent and interrelated from one policy to another. Education is found to have only a relatively modest impact on this assessment while the degree of an EU member state's integration in the world economy is not found to sway the latter. The findings finally show that national levels of unemployment, immigration, income dispersion, and the positioning of party leaderships on social redistribution influence public opinion on EU policy input. In the light of these findings, implications are drawn. Si bien la literatura sobre la opinión pública de la UE es bastante extensa, gran parte de ella se centra en índices generales de apoyo para la UE o un área de política específica de la UE. El estudio de la evaluación que hacen los ciudadanos de la contribución de la UE a través de las políticas socioeconómicas y su interdependencia es un territorio inexplorado. El presente artículo aborda esta brecha en la investigación. Al usar los datos del Eurobarómetro, se demuestra que los públicos nacionales tienden a estar insatisfechos con la contribución de la UE a través de las políticas y que esta evaluación es coherente y está interrelacionada de una política a otra. Se encuentra que la educación tiene un impacto relativamente modesto en esta evaluación, mientras que el grado de integración de un estado miembro de la UE en la economía mundial no se encuentra para influir en esta última. Los hallazgos en este documento finalmente muestran que los niveles nacionales de desempleo, inmigración, dispersión de ingresos y el posicionamiento de los líderes de los partidos en la redistribución social influyen en la opinión pública sobre la contribución de la política de la UE. A la luz de estos hallazgos, se deducen implicaciones. 虽然有关欧盟舆论的文献相当广泛,但大部分都聚焦于支持欧盟或某一特定欧盟政策领域的一般指标。研究公民对于欧盟在社会经济政策方面的贡献及其内部相互依存的评价是一个未知的领域。本文针对这一缺陷领域进行了研究。欧洲晴雨表数据显示,各国公众对欧盟在政策上的贡献往往不满意,而且从一项政策到另一项政策的评价是彼此一致又相互联系的。教育对这一评价的影响相对较小,而欧盟成员国融入世界经济的程度并不影响这一评价。本文的研究结果最终表明,全国的失业水平、移民、收入差距以及政党领导人对社会再分配的定位都会影响公众关于欧盟政策引入的意见。基于这些调查结果,本文总结了一些建议。
Suggested Citation
Pierre Philippe Balestrini, 2019.
"Eu Policy Appraisals and Public Opinion: A Tale of Sophistication and Interdependence?,"
World Affairs, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 182(1), pages 8-34, March.
Handle:
RePEc:wly:woraff:v:182:y:2019:i:1:p:8-34
DOI: 10.1177/0043820019830182
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