Integrationists, Critical Europeanists and Pessimist Europeanists: EU attitudes among students in a German university

Céline Teney; Juan Deininger; Josefine Zurheide

doi:10.5771/2566-7742-2022-1-100

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- 1–4 Editorial Monika Eigmüller, Klarissa Lueg, Vincent Gengnagel Monika Eigmüller, Klarissa Lueg, Vincent Gengnagel 1–4
- 5–121 Articles 5–121
  - 5–36 How do state authorities act under existential uncertainty? Hypotheses on the social logic of political decision-making processes during the Coronavirus pandemic Klaus Kraemer Klaus Kraemer 5–36
  - 37–67 COVID-19 related social media use and attitudes towards pandemic control measures in Europe Monika Verbalyte, Monika Eigmüller Monika Verbalyte, Monika Eigmüller 37–67
  - 68–99 From order to chaos. How the Brexit economic expert discourse articulates structural dissolution in times of COVID-19 crisis Jens Maesse, Thierry Rossier Jens Maesse, Thierry Rossier 68–99
  - 100–121 Integrationists, Critical Europeanists and Pessimist Europeanists: EU attitudes among students in a German university Céline Teney, Juan Deininger, Josefine Zurheide Céline Teney, Juan Deininger, Josefine Zurheide 100–121
- 122–145 Essays 122–145
  - 122–135 What can science do in the face of pandemics? Alexander Bogner Alexander Bogner 122–135
  - 136–145 Mobility policy as pandemic policy. The Schengen regime in the Corona crisis. Georg Vobruba Georg Vobruba 136–145
- 146–158 Research notes 146–158
  - 146–151 The corporate making of history: History communication of organizations as research subject Klarissa Lueg, Trine Susanne Johansen Klarissa Lueg, Trine Susanne Johansen 146–151
  - 152–158 Are European borders green? Notes on the need for research approaches and policy measures to deal with the reality of borders when implementing green transitions Søren Tinning, Dorte Jagetic Andersen Søren Tinning, Dorte Jagetic Andersen 152–158
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Culture, Practice & Europeanization , page 100 - 121

Integrationists, Critical Europeanists and Pessimist Europeanists: EU attitudes among students in a German university

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Céline Teney Juan Deininger Josefine Zurheide

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/2566-7742-2022-1-100
- ISSN online: 2566-7742
Abstract

We investigate attitudes toward the EU of a sample of students enrolled in a German university by using a mixed-methods data design. We conducted an online survey among students at the University of Göttingen (N=730) and asked them closed questions on the EU enlargement, the allocation of authority at the EU level, the way democracy works at the EU level, and an open question on their wish for the future of the EU. We then ran a latent class analysis of the recoded answer categories from the open question and of our set of closed questions. Our three-class solution highlights variation in support for the EU among students. Indeed, while the vast majority of the respondents take highly supportive attitudes towards the EU, we can distinguish between ‘Integrationists’ (in favour of pursuing the EU integration project; 68% of the sample), ‘Critical Europeanists’ (supportive of the EU but dissatisfied with the way democracy works at the EU level; 20.50% of the sample) and ‘Pessimist Europeanists’ (supportive of the EU but afraid of the implosion of the EU; 11% of the sample). Our study highlights the importance of the use of non-standardised measures and mixed-methods data collection for understanding citizens’ attitudes towards the EU in a more nuanced way.
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