Contesting the European Union? Why the dutch and the french rejected the European Constitution
Language
en
Article de revue
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Political Research Quarterly. 2011-06, vol. 64, n° 2, p. 309-322
SAGE Publications (UK and US)
English Abstract
The process of establishing a constitution for Europe came to an end when voters in France and the Netherlands rejected the proposal. Analyzing both media coverage and survey data, this article seeks to disentangle the ...Read more >
The process of establishing a constitution for Europe came to an end when voters in France and the Netherlands rejected the proposal. Analyzing both media coverage and survey data, this article seeks to disentangle the reasons why a majority of voters rejected the European Constitution. The authors' findings suggest that the campaign played an important role in priming certain attitudes and that vote choices, in turn, were driven by specific issue concerns rather than general dissatisfaction with the European Union or national governments. These findings have implications not only for our understanding of direct democracy in Europe but also for the study of campaign effects.Read less <
Keywords
campagne électorale
politique
traité
Union européenne
référendum
comportement électoral
English Keywords
campaign
constitutional treaty
European Union
voting behavior
politic
Origin
Hal imported