Ambivalent or indifferent? Reconsidering the structure of EU public opinion

European Union Politics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-45

  Stoeckel, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambivalence; EU support; European integration; Euroskepticism; indifference; public opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873956842     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: 17412757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116512460736     Document Type: Article

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