Swaying citizen support for EU membership: evidence from a survey experiment of German voters

Yordanova, Nikoleta; Angelova, Mariyana; Lehrer, Roni; Osnabrügge, Moritz; Renes, Sander

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dc.contributor.author	Yordanova, Nikoleta	de
dc.contributor.author	Angelova, Mariyana	de
dc.contributor.author	Lehrer, Roni	de
dc.contributor.author	Osnabrügge, Moritz	de
dc.contributor.author	Renes, Sander	de
dc.date.accessioned	2021-08-26T14:25:48Z
dc.date.available	2021-08-26T14:25:48Z
dc.date.issued	2020	de
dc.identifier.issn	1741-2757	de
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/74671
dc.description.abstract	The United Kingdom's 2016 'Brexit' referendum vote to leave the European Union (EU) raised concerns that other countries would follow suit. This article examines how arguments about EU membership related to economic, cultural, political, and security and peace issues could influence how citizens would vote in EU membership referendums. Our two-wave survey experiment on a random sample of the German population and difference-in-differences analysis revealed that only fears of being outvoted in EU decision-making swayed German voters' attitudes about EU membership, particularly voters with weaker EU support, little EU knowledge and low levels of political engagement. We therefore conclude that concerns about sovereignty loss can be drivers of Euroscepticism even in a country that has vast influence over EU decisions.	de
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	Politikwissenschaft	de
dc.subject.ddc	Political science	en
dc.subject.other	Dexit; framing; sovereignty loss; survey experiment	de
dc.title	Swaying citizen support for EU membership: evidence from a survey experiment of German voters	de
dc.description.review	begutachtet (peer reviewed)	de
dc.description.review	peer reviewed	en
dc.source.journal	European Union Politics
dc.source.volume	21	de
dc.publisher.country	GBR	de
dc.source.issue	3	de
dc.subject.classoz	Europapolitik	de
dc.subject.classoz	European Politics	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Eurobarometer	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Eurobarometer	en
dc.subject.thesoz	EU	de
dc.subject.thesoz	EU	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Framing-Ansatz	de
dc.subject.thesoz	framing approach	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Souveränität	de
dc.subject.thesoz	sovereignty	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Befragung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	survey	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Experiment	de
dc.subject.thesoz	experiment	en
dc.subject.thesoz	EU-Staat	de
dc.subject.thesoz	EU member state	en
dc.subject.thesoz	europäische Integration	de
dc.subject.thesoz	European integration	en
dc.subject.thesoz	EU-Bürger	de
dc.subject.thesoz	EU citizen	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Bundesrepublik Deutschland	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Federal Republic of Germany	en
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-74671-6
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0	de
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0	en
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dc.type.stock	article	de
dc.type.document	Zeitschriftenartikel	de
dc.type.document	journal article	en
dc.source.pageinfo	429-450	de
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internal.identifier.journal	126
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dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1177/1465116520923735	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Veröffentlichungsversion	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Published Version	en
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