2016-11-18
Public support for coercive diplomacy: Exploring public opinion data from ten European countries
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Publication
European Journal of Political Research , Volume 2016 - Issue November p. 1- 18
Abstract.
Scholarship has increasingly acknowledged the importance of public attitudes for shaping the
European Union’s Common Foreign and Security Policy. Economic sanctions emerged as one of CFSP’s
central tools. Yet despite the emergence of sanctions as a popular instrument in the EU foreign policy
toolbox, public attitudes towards sanctions are yet to be studied in depth. This article explains public support
for EU sanctions, using the empirical example of sanctions against Russia. It looks at geopolitical attitudes,
economic motivations and ideational factors to explain the variation in public support for sanctions. The
conclusion suggests that geopolitical factors are the most important, and that economic factors matter very
little. Euroscepticism and anti-Americanism play an important role in explaining the support for sanctions
at the individual level.
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doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12183, hdl.handle.net/1765/94151 | |
European Journal of Political Research | |
Organisation | Department of Sociology |
Onderco, M. (2016). Public support for coercive diplomacy: Exploring public opinion data from ten European countries. European Journal of Political Research, 2016(November), 1–18. doi:10.1111/1475-6765.12183 |