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Public support for coercive diplomacy: Exploring public opinion data from ten European countries

Authors :
Onderco, M. (Michal)
Onderco, M. (Michal)
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

Scholarship has increasingly acknowledged the importance of public attitudes for shaping the European Union's Common Foreign and Security Policy. Economic sanctions emerged as one of CFSP's central tools. Yet despite the emergence of sanctions as a popular instrument in the EU foreign policy toolbox, public attitudes towards sanctions are yet to be studied in depth. This article explains public support for EU sanctions, using the empirical example of sanctions against Russia. It looks at geopolitical attitudes, economic motivations and ideational factors to explain the variation in public support for sanctions. The conclusion suggests that geopolitical factors are the most important, and that economic factors matter very little. Euroscepticism and anti-Americanism play an important role in explaining the support for sanctions at the individual level.

Details

Database :
OAIster
Notes :
application/pdf, European Journal of Political Research, English
Publication Type :
Electronic Resource
Accession number :
edsoai.on1022217125
Document Type :
Electronic Resource
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111.1475-6765.12183