Public opinion is increasingly at the heart of both political and scholarly debates on
European integration. This article reviews the large literature on public support for, and …

The outcome of the British referendum on European Union (EU) membership sent
shockwaves through Europe. While Britain is an outlier when it comes to the strength of …

Using the 2009 and 2014 European Election Studies (EES), we explore the effect of the
economy on the vote in the 2009 and 2014 European Parliament (EP) elections. The paper …

Can human rights institutions influence individual behavior? This article tests the ground
level effectiveness of two strategies that aim to eliminate discrimination: a powerful, top …

The accession of Croatia to the EU marked the end of a long and arduous period of
transition. Croatia had to meet significantly higher criteria than previous states with suspicion …

From a political perspective, an economic crisis is an external shock which may deeply affect
the functioning of a political system. Covering the European Parliament elections from 1999 …

This volume investigates the public opinion of the EU in the context of the present economic
crisis and other significant challenges currently faced by the Union, the latest being the …

The bulk of empirical studies that examined attitudes towards the European Union (EU) and
European integration have targeted political elites and party-based support. However …

The research undertaken in this thesis aims to move the scholarly debate forward in several
ways. Firstly, it offers a multidimensional analysis of the state of European identification, its …

This work studies national and European identity building from within three do-mains of
practice unfolding between 2009 and 2014 within and beyond the territory of post-socialist …