Evans, JAJ (2000) Contrasting attitudinal bases to Euroscepticism amongst the French electorate. Electoral Studies, 19 (4). 539 - 561. ISSN 0261-3794
Abstract
This article examines the different attitudinal bases which potentially contribute to Euroscepticism amongst the electorates of Extreme Left-wing and Right-wing parties in France, and in particular of the Communist Party and the Front National. Controlling for other explanations of anti-European sentiment, Left–Right economic and ethnocentric attitudes are found to be strong predictors of pro-, anti- and indifferent stances on the European issue. Moreover, despite the existence of an important electoral pool on the Extreme Right, which possesses both Left-wing economic and Right-wing ethnocentric attitudinal bases to its Eurosceptic position, the nature of the economic issues on which these voters hold a Left-wing position reveals a perspective in many ways more compatible with the Extreme Right than with any Left-wing conceptualisation of economic policy. Electorally, this divergence in mass ideological demand would seem to rule out any future long-term partisan realignment around the European issue.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | Euroscepticism; France; Public opinion; Vote; Political attitudes |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 12 Feb 2014 11:28 |
Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2014 02:03 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0261-3794(99)00029-3 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/S0261-3794(99)00029-3 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:77679 |