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EUROPEAN UNION POLITICS
Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 59-82Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/1465116505049608
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attitudes towards immigrants; public opinion; referendums; support for European integration
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This study tests competing hypotheses about public support for European integration and projects referendum voting behaviour. It emphasizes anti-immigration sentiments as a key variable for understanding reluctance about integration. Drawing on survey data, it is shown that anti-immigration sentiments, economic considerations and the evaluation of domestic governments are the strongest predictors of both attitudinal support for integration and individuals' propensity to vote 'yes' in a referendum on the enlargement of the European Union (EU).
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