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Informationen zum Autor Daniel Gaxie is a political sociologist and Professor of political science at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. He has conducted extensive research on political participation, attitudes and behaviour, elites, institutions and public policies. As well as his involvement in the INTUNE and Eurelites projects he is known for his book Le cens caché (The Hidden Disfranchisement) first published in 1978. Nicolas Hubé is Assistant Professor of Political Science and Deputy-Dean of the Political Science Department at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. As well as his involvement in the INTUNE project, his research interests include the use and misuse of polls in political life and communication in EU institutions. He has published in Perspectives on European Politics and Society. Jay Rowell is a full-time researcher in sociology at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and director of the Centre for European Political Sociology (GSPE) at the University of Strasbourg. His research focuses in particular on disability policy and the uses of statistical instruments in the European polity. He has recently published, with A Campana and E Henry, La construction des problèmes publics en Europe, Presses Universitaires de Strasbourg, 2007 and with M Mangenot , A political sociology of Europe: Reassessing Constructivism, Manchester University Press, 2010. Klappentext This book presents the main findings of a comparative qualitative survey conducted in France, Germany, Italy, and Poland. Inhaltsverzeichnis contentsList of Figures and Tables viiContributors ixPreface xiChapter 1: What we Know and do not Know About Citizens' AttitudesTowards EuropeDaniel Gaxie 1Chapter 2: The Eurobarometer and the Making of European OpinionPhilippe Aldrin 17Chapter 3: Methodology of the ProjectDaniel Gaxie and Jay Rowell 35Chapter 4: Types of Attitudes Towards EuropeDaniel Gaxie 51Chapter 5: For or Against the EU? Ambivalent Attitudes and VariedArguments Towards EuropeDorota Dakowska and Nicolas Hubé 85Chapter 6: Temporality and Historical Experience in Attitudes TowardsEurope: Is There a Nationality Effect?Dorota Dakowska and Jay Rowell 101Chapter 7: Talking About Europe: Techniques and Resources in theFormulation of Opinions on the EUPhilippe Aldrin and Marine De Lassalle 119Chapter 8: Producing Opinions on European Questions: A SpecificCompetence?Patrick Lehingue 143Chapter 9: The European Puzzle: Gathering, Sorting and AssemblingPiecemeal InformationGiuliano Bobba, Katarzyna Jaszczyk and Muriel Rambour 157Chapter 10: European WorldsMarine de Lassalle 175Chapter 11: Europe in the Popular Milieus: What 'Silent Citizens'Perceive of EuropeChristèle Marchand and Pierre Edouard Weill 197Chapter 12: When Europe Mobilises...Nicolas Hubé, Jean-Matthieu Méon and Sébastien Michon 215ConclusionDaniel Gaxie 241Bibliography 245Subject Index 261Author Index 269...
