European disintegration? Euroscepticism and Europe’s rural/urban divide

Schoene, Matthew

doi:10.1080/23745118.2018.1542768

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“…The outcome might reflect an association between discontent and the great vulnerabilityrepresented by the lack of access to services and opportunities-that low socioeconomic status groups usually face. This finding is in line with the mainstream literature that uses income per capita as a measure of socioeconomic status to study discontent, mainly in the European context (see, for example, Dijkstra et al, 2020;Gordon, 2018;Schoene, 2019).…”

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confidence: 89%

“…Results for age and for secondary and higher education levels are not statistically significant, Zmerli and Cartillo (2015). Only primary education is found to have a decreasing effect on discontent, marking a difference with the literature for Europe where low levels of education have the opposite effect (Abreu and Öner, 2020;Dijkstra et al, 2020;Gordon, 2018;Schoene, 2019). This, however, is not completely unexpected.…”

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confidence: 69%

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Discontent with democracy in Latin America

Segovia

Pontarollo

2021

Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society

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Satisfaction with democracy registered its lowest global score in 2019, with Latin America being the worst-performing region and the most seized by social protest. This paper briefly surveys and assesses the main narratives that attempt to explain the causes of this discontent in the region. The results show that discontent has different roots, which are mostly explained from an individual point of view rather than from a contextual one. Inequality of opportunity and institutional weaknesses play the main role. Considering the COVID-19 social and economic crisis, our results shed light on the key elements to address whether discontent is to be contained.

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Discontent with democracy in Latin America

Segovia

Pontarollo

2021

Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society

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“…The proportion of the variance explained by the regions and countries is low with countries accounting for 10% and regions adding 7%. This means that individual-level factors are decisive in understanding Euroscepticism, as argued by previous studies (e.g., Hooghe and Marks 2004;Braun and Tausendpfund 2014;Schoene 2019). The second model summarises the effect of individuallevel predictors.…”

Section: Spatial Disparities: Multilevel Causation Along the Regionalmentioning

confidence: 56%

“…The analysis of contextual factors, however, cannot stop at the national level but needs to break down countries into regions. Previous studies have highlighted already that levels of Euroscepticism diverge between regions (Lubbers and Scheepers 2005;Schraff 2019;Schoene 2019). For analytic purposes, the analysis of the regional level is important because social conditions within nation states vary considerably, for example, with regard to economic performance, household income or social inequality structures (Heidenreich and Wunder 2008;Geppert and Stephan 2008;Petrakos, Kallioras and Anagnostou 2011;Heidenreich 2016a).…”

Section: Spatial Disparities: Multilevel Causation Along the Regionalmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Political Attitudes of Divided European Citizens

Lahusen¹

2020

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This book unveils the significant impact of the European integration process on the political thinking of European citizens. With close attention to the interrelation between social and political divisions, it shows that an integrated Europe promotes consensus but also propagates growing dissent among its citizens, with both objective inequalities and the subjective perception of these inequalities fuelling political dissent. Based on original data sets developed from two EU-funded projects across eight and nine European countries, the volume demonstrates the important role played by the social structure of European social space in conditioning political attitudes and preferences. It shows, in particular, that Europeans are highly sensitive to unequal living conditions between European countries, thus affecting their political support of national politics and the European Union. As such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology and politics with interests in Europe and the European Union, European integration and political sociology.

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“…The rural-urban divide now represents geographic differences: a segregation of prospering cities and the declining periphery (Deegan-Krause, 2007;Ford and Jennings, 2020). Differences in social structural status, employment as well as sociocultural values and beliefs result in differences in attitudes towards domestic social issues (Kelly and Lobao, 2019), economic development (Harriss and Moore, 2017), political engagement (Thananithichot, 2012), the level of euroscepticism (Schoene, 2019) and importantly, political preferences (Clem and Craumer, 2002;Evans, 2006;Mcgrane et al, 2017;Rodden, 2019).…”

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Does Issue Alignment Matter? The Electoral Cost and Reward of Agricultural Representation in Urban and Rural Areas

Papp

2020

Political Studies Review

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There is plenty of evidence that legislators think that aligning with voter preferences benefits their re-election. But whether or not legislators are constrained by demand, we have limited knowledge. This article tests whether issue representation in a generally salient field affects legislators’ electoral performance. The analysis uses data from five consecutive Hungarian elections (1994–2010), and investigates the effect of agricultural interpellations on the legislators’ vote shares under varying district demand. The findings indicate that congruence between district demand and legislator action matters when the issue is of great salience, and during times of anti-party sentiments within the electorate. While more interpellations are rewarded in rural districts, MPs can lose a lot of votes by asking agricultural interpellations in an urban area. At the same time, not submitting interpellations in rural constituencies does not result in similar vote loss. The results suggest that for re-election seekers taking action is the way to go only if it is calibrated to district demand.

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European disintegration? Euroscepticism and Europe’s rural/urban divide

Cited by 23 publications

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Discontent with democracy in Latin America

Discontent with democracy in Latin America

The Political Attitudes of Divided European Citizens

Does Issue Alignment Matter? The Electoral Cost and Reward of Agricultural Representation in Urban and Rural Areas

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