Public Opinion and Internationalized Governance

by Oskar Niedermayer (Editor), Richard Sinnott (Editor)

Overview

New agencies of international government are among the most innovative and experimental aspects of late twentieth-century politics. This book examines mass opinion about the European Union, its structures, powers, operations, enlargement, and legitimacy, but it also deals with the UN and NATO.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198294764
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/03/1998
Series:	Beliefs in Government , #2
Edition description:	REPRINT
Pages:	508
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)
Lexile:	1370L (what's this?)

About the Author

Free University of Berlin

University College, Dublin

Table of Contents

1. Introduction, Oskar Niedermayer & Richard SinnottPART I: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES2. Bringing Public Opinion Back in, Richard Sinnott3. A Typology of Orientations, Oskar Niedermayer & Bettina WestlePART II: SUPPORT FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION4. Trends and Contrasts, Oskar Niedermayer5. Economic Calculus or Familiarity Breeds Content?, Agusti Bosch & Kenneth Newton6. Development of Support: Diffusion or Demographic Replacement?, Bernhard Wessels7. Evaluations of the EC: Elite or Mass-Driven?, Bernhard Wessels8. Europeans and the Nation State, Guido Martinotti & Sonia StefanizziPART III: LEVELS OF LEGITIMACY9. Is there a Europan Identity?, Sophie Duchesne & André-Paul Frognier10. Trust and Sense of Community, Oskar Niedermayer11. Policy, Subsidiarity, and Legitimacy, Richard Sinnott12. Democratic Legitimacy and the European Parliament, Oskar Niedermayer & Richard SinnottPART IV: ENALARGING THE SCOPE OF INTERNATIONALIZED GOVERNANCE13. The view from Within, Bettina Westle14. The View from EFTA, Frank Aarebrot, Sten Berglund, and Thomas Weninger15. The View from Central and Eastern Europe, Sten Berglund, Frank Aarebrot, Jadwiga Koralewicz16. NATO, the Europan Community, and the United Nations, Philip Everts17. European Publics and the Legitimacy of Internationalized Governance, Philip Everts and Richard Sinnott