Mapping EU attitudes: Conceptual and empirical dimensions of Euroscepticism and EU support

European Union Politics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 241-266

  Boomgaarden, Hajo G ^a   Schuck, Andreas R T ^a   Elenbaas, Matthijs ^a   de Vreese, Claes H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Affection; EU attitudes; Euroscepticism; multidimensionality; public opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958854688     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: 17412757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116510395411     Document Type: Article

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