United in Diversity, Divided in Adversity? Support for Right-Wing Eurosceptic Parties in the Face of Threat Differs Across Nations
This article investigates whether the perceived threat of terrorism explains the support for right-wing Eurosceptic parties and Euroscepticism above and beyond other relevant variables, including perceived economic and immigration threats. We first examined the entire Eurobarometer samples of 2014 a...
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| author | Matteo Vergani Ana-Maria Bliuc Avelie Stuart Constantina Badea Daniela Muntele Craig McGarty |
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| description | This article investigates whether the perceived threat of terrorism explains the support for right-wing Eurosceptic parties and Euroscepticism above and beyond other relevant variables, including perceived economic and immigration threats. We first examined the entire Eurobarometer samples of 2014 and 2015, and then conducted survey experiments in four European Union (EU) countries, that is, United Kingdom (N = 197), France (N = 164), Italy (N = 312), and Romania (N = 144). Our findings suggest that the perceived threat of terrorism has a small effect on the negative attitudes toward the EU above and beyond the effect of immigration and economic threats and other basic control variables. The relationship between these variables varies across countries and it is less linear than we might expect. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e614d20b265647b08033acca436874792022-12-22T00:20:37ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782019-08-011010.3389/fpsyg.2019.01880435633United in Diversity, Divided in Adversity? Support for Right-Wing Eurosceptic Parties in the Face of Threat Differs Across NationsMatteo Vergani0Ana-Maria Bliuc1Avelie Stuart2Constantina Badea3Daniela Muntele4Craig McGarty5Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Geelong, VIC, AustraliaSchool of Social Sciences and Psychology, University of Dundee, Dundee, United KingdomDepartment of Psychology, University of Exeter, Exeter, United KingdomUFR Sciences Psychologiques et Sciences de l’Education (SPSE), Université Paris Nanterre, Nanterre, FranceSchool of Psychology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iaşi, RomaniaSchool of Social Sciences and Psychology, Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaThis article investigates whether the perceived threat of terrorism explains the support for right-wing Eurosceptic parties and Euroscepticism above and beyond other relevant variables, including perceived economic and immigration threats. We first examined the entire Eurobarometer samples of 2014 and 2015, and then conducted survey experiments in four European Union (EU) countries, that is, United Kingdom (N = 197), France (N = 164), Italy (N = 312), and Romania (N = 144). Our findings suggest that the perceived threat of terrorism has a small effect on the negative attitudes toward the EU above and beyond the effect of immigration and economic threats and other basic control variables. The relationship between these variables varies across countries and it is less linear than we might expect.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01880/fullintergroup attitudesthreatpolitical supportEuroscepticismfar-right |
| spellingShingle | Matteo Vergani Ana-Maria Bliuc Avelie Stuart Constantina Badea Daniela Muntele Craig McGarty United in Diversity, Divided in Adversity? Support for Right-Wing Eurosceptic Parties in the Face of Threat Differs Across Nations Frontiers in Psychology intergroup attitudes threat political support Euroscepticism far-right |
| title | United in Diversity, Divided in Adversity? Support for Right-Wing Eurosceptic Parties in the Face of Threat Differs Across Nations |
| title_full | United in Diversity, Divided in Adversity? Support for Right-Wing Eurosceptic Parties in the Face of Threat Differs Across Nations |
| title_fullStr | United in Diversity, Divided in Adversity? Support for Right-Wing Eurosceptic Parties in the Face of Threat Differs Across Nations |
| title_full_unstemmed | United in Diversity, Divided in Adversity? Support for Right-Wing Eurosceptic Parties in the Face of Threat Differs Across Nations |
| title_short | United in Diversity, Divided in Adversity? Support for Right-Wing Eurosceptic Parties in the Face of Threat Differs Across Nations |
| title_sort | united in diversity divided in adversity support for right wing eurosceptic parties in the face of threat differs across nations |
| topic | intergroup attitudes threat political support Euroscepticism far-right |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01880/full |
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