Artículo
Of losers and laggards: the interplay of material conditions and individual perceptions in the shaping of EU discontent
Autor/es | Díaz-Lanchas, Jorge
Sojka, Aleksandra Di Pietro, Filippo |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Economía Financiera y Dirección de Operaciones |
Fecha de publicación | 2021 |
Fecha de depósito | 2022-03-09 |
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Premios | Premio Trimestral Publicación Científica Destacada de la US. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales |
Resumen | Two principal strands of scholarship analyse the material roots of European Union (EU) dis-
content. Some focus on the effects of regional decline, while others examine the role of indi-
vidual socioeconomic factors. ... Two principal strands of scholarship analyse the material roots of European Union (EU) dis- content. Some focus on the effects of regional decline, while others examine the role of indi- vidual socioeconomic factors. This paper brings these two perspectives together. We argue that EU discontent is a multifaceted phenomenon structured by the spatially-rooted inter- play between individual and regional material conditions and subjective perceptions. We apply PLS-SEM to Eurobarometer public opinion data (2018–2019) and find that the geo- graphical location and the socioeconomic position shape EU discontent directly. However, material factors’ relevance for EU discontent is the greatest in structuring individual future expectations. Furthermore, democratic dissatisfaction turns out to be a key factor, pointing to the importance of institutional perceptions in the geography of discontent |
Cita | Díaz-Lanchas, J., Sojka, A. y Di Pietro, F. (2021). Of losers and laggards: the interplay of material conditions and individual perceptions in the shaping of EU discontent. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 14 (3), 395-415. |
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