Bulletin n. 2/2007
October 2007
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Llamazares Iván, Gramacho Wladimir
    Eurosceptics Among Euroenthusiasts: An Analysis of Southern European Public Opinions
    in Acta Politica , Volume 42, Numbers 2-3, July ,  2007 ,  211--232
    This article analyses the factors leading to Eurosceptic views among the publics of three Southern European countries (Greece, Portugal, and Spain). Analyses in this article show that Eurosceptic views are strongly conditioned by sociotropic judgements and by fears that the European Union (EU) threatens national cultures. General associations between the EU and other positive objects (such as prosperity, democracy, and national influence) also affect the probability of holding Eurosceptic orientations. By contrast, party cues affect Eurosceptic opinions only in the case of Spain. Analyses on the causes of sociotropic judgements show that these perceptions are affected by egocentric views, social class (working class individuals being more Eurosceptic than members of the upper classes) and, in Spain and Portugal, by left-right preferences (individuals leaning to the left being more Eurosceptic than those leaning to the right). The fact that Euroscepticism can be traced to both culturally exclusivist and economically redistributive preferences suggests that there are strong constraints on the political articulation of Eurosceptic orientations in the Southern European party systems.
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