Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-5-2021
Abstract
Does attachment to a nation enhance or dampen support for the European Union (EU)? Using the 2003 and 2013 ISSP national-identity modules, we isolate and provide multi-item measures of two distinct types of national attachment—nationalism and patriotism. We find that they are positively related yet have divergent effects. We validate the measures showing that nationalism increases, and patriotism decreases, support for nationalistic policies (anti-immigration and protectionism) as expected. We then test the effects of nationalism and patriotism on EU attitudes and find that nationalism increases, and patriotism decreases, opposition to the EU. The presence of a neo-nationalist political party enhanced the effects of nationalism on opposition to the EU, underscoring the importance of political rhetoric in shaping nationalistic EU opposition. In further support of the rhetoric hypothesis, the most-educated nationalists are most likely to oppose the EU in countries with a neo-nationalist political party and vote for such parties when present.
Recommended Citation
Huddy, L., Del Ponte, A., & Davies, C. (2021). Nationalism, Patriotism, and Support for the European Union. Political Psychology, 42(6), 995-1017. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12731
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Wiley
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This is the accepted version of the following article:
Huddy, L., Del Ponte, A., & Davies, C. (2021). Nationalism, Patriotism, and Support for the European Union. Political Psychology, 42(6), 995-1017.
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