| Integrating Indifference: A Comparative, Qualitative and Quantitative Approach to the Legitimacy of European Integration Contributor(s): Ingelgom, Virginie Van (Author) |
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ISBN: 1907301488 ISBN-13: 9781907301483 Publisher: ECPR Press OUR PRICE: $51.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Civics & Citizenship - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy - Political Science | Political Process - General |
| Dewey: 337.142 |
| LCCN: 2016438541 |
| Series: ECPR Monographs |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.79 lbs) 250 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Have European citizens become increasingly Eurosceptic over the last two decades, turning their backs on European integration? Though many journalists, politicians and academics argue that they have, this book suggests that reactions to European integration cannot be reduced uniquely to a rise in Euroscepticism, but that indifference and ambivalence need also to be brought into the picture when studying EU legitimacy and its politicisation. Drawing on new evidence from survey data from eight founding member states, and focus groups conducted in francophone Belgium, France and Great Britain, Integrating Indifference explores the various faces of citizens' indifference, from fatalism, to detachment, via sheer indecision. This book adopts a pioneering mixed-methods approach to analysing the middle-of-the-road attitudes of ordinary citizens who consider themselves neither Europhiles nor Eurosceptics. Complementing existing quantitative and qualitative literature in the field, it opens up new perspectives on attitudes towards European integration. |
