Attitudes Towards Europe Beyond Euroscepticism: Supporting the European Union through the Crisis

Introduction.- 1. Beyond Euroscepticism: A multidimensional perspective.- 1.1. Citizens and their feelings towards political institutions: a crucial bond.- 1.2. Defining attitudes towards Europe.- 1.3. From Euroscepticism to support for Europe: a multidimensional perspective.- 1.4 Dimensions of Support for Europe: testing the Eastonian framework.- 1.5. Findings and conclusions.- 2. Sources of opposition towards Europe: issue saliency and specific support.- 2.1. Explanatory factors of support and opposition towards Europe.- 2.2. Focusing on specific support for Europe.- 2.3. Issue saliency and specific support: hypotheses of research.- 2.4. Data and Method.- 2.5. Evidences.- 2.6. Remarks adn Theoretical implications.- 3. The impact of "external" shocks on attitudes towards Europe: the current economic crisis.- 3.1. Does the crisis affect support? An open question.- 3.2. Issue saliency, pessimism, and opposition: assessing the relationship.- 3.3. Concern for the economic crisis and opposition towards Europe: testing the relationship.- 3.4. Concern for the economic crisis and voting in European Parliamentary Elections.- Conclusion