Eurobarometer: The Dynamics of European Public Opinion Essays in Honour of Jacques-René Rabier

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Analyzing Trends in West European Opinion: the Role of the Eurobarometer Surveys....Pages 1-26
Public Opinion about the European Parliament....Pages 27-44
European Political Cooperation and Public Opinion....Pages 45-55
The Political Prospects for Europe in the Wake of the Single European Act: a Response to Public Expectations....Pages 57-63
Switzerland: To Be or Not To Be — in Europe?....Pages 65-79
Public Opinion and Public Information Campaigns: the Value of the Eurobarometer....Pages 81-100
Public Opinion and European Union: Thatcher versus the People of Europe....Pages 101-121
The Role of South European Interest Groups in the European Community: a comparative approach....Pages 123-144
Trust between Nations: Primordial Ties, Societal Learning and Economic Development....Pages 145-185
Gender Differences in Sex-Role Attitudes: A Topic Without a Future?....Pages 187-200
Politicization and Political Interest....Pages 201-213
The Dynamics of Party System Change....Pages 215-231
On the Electoral Persistence of Parties of the Right....Pages 233-244
The Use of Eurobarometer Data in a Study of Electoral Change....Pages 245-255
The Role of the Eurobarometer in the Study of European Elections and the Development of Comparative Electoral Research....Pages 257-274
The Dynamics of Mass Political Support in Western Europe: Methodological Problems and Preliminary Findings....Pages 275-293
Materialists and Postmaterialists: different Viewpoints or different Worlds?....Pages 295-307
Post-modernity, Postmaterialism and Political Theory....Pages 309-332
On the Real Withering-away of the State....Pages 333-347
How Poverty is Perceived....Pages 349-354
The Factual Data Obtained from Eurobarometer Surveys: how they Help in Describing the Member States....Pages 355-376
Values and the Challenging of Europe’s Identity....Pages 377-384
Back Matter....Pages 385-392