European attitudes in eastern European countries after economic crisis
European attitudes in eastern European countries after economic crisis

Summary/Abstract: This paper focus on European attitudes in eastern European countries, analysing the determinants of citizens’s support for European institutions, stressing the impact European identity. For a long time, especially before crisis, people’s evaluations followed mainly an instrumental logic, with an additional role played by European identification. Subsequently, other complementary theoretical perspectives – identity and political cues – helped to explain European support. But, after the explosion of the crisis in 2008, economic motivations have regained their crucial role. Plausibly, a mix of causes helps to explain Europeanism and even today many interactions remain unexplored. Using a recent Eurobarometer survey (88.3, autumn 2017) the paper shows that European identity plays a crucial role in explaining European support also after the crisis both in western and eastern European countries.

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