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Does Identity or Economic Rationality Drive Public Opinion on European Integration?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2004

Liesbet Hooghe  and
Gary Marks
Liesbet Hooghe
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Gary Marks
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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How do citizens respond to the reallocation of authority across levels of government? This article investigates the relative importance of economic versus identity bases of citizen support for the most far-reaching example of authority migration—European integration.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 37 , Issue 3 , July 2004 , pp. 415 - 420
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© 2004 by the American Political Science Association

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