Italian Public Opinion on Turkey’s EU  Accession: Utilitarian Calculations, Identitarian  Evaluations or Perceived Threats?

Ebru Ş. CANAN-SOKULLU

Makale detayları

Italian Public Opinion on Turkey’s EU Accession: Utilitarian Calculations, Identitarian Evaluations or Perceived Threats?

Yazarlar:

Ebru Ş. CANAN-SOKULLU

Yayıncı:

T.C Dışişleri Bakanlığı

Dergi:

PERCEPTIONS: Journal of International Affairs 2011 Vol.16 Issue 1, pp.47-70

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2011

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000586026

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2651-3315

pISSN:

1300-8641

Özet:

 

This article provides an in- depth analysis of Italian citizens’ attitudes towards Turkey’s accession to the European Union  EU . It identifies opinion patterns in Italy concerning Turkey and key determinants of variation in popular support for Turkey’s possible membership of the EU. This article first analyzes whether the Italian public adopts a utilitarian approach in calculating the perceived costs and benefits of EU enlargement with Turkey. Second, turning to identity- related determinants, it examines whether Italians consider Turkey’s cultural, religious and universal values to be compatible with those of the EU and Italy. Third, in terms of threat- based determinants, it examines whether Turcoscepticism in Italy is based on the fear of an influx of Turks into Europe, both from realistic and symbolic threat perspectives. This article contributes to the burgeoning literature on public opinion by testing how these competing theories help explain attitudes of Italian citizens in the 2000s toward Turkey’s possible EU accession. Through binary logistic regression analysis of Eurobarometer survey data  20002008 , the article concludes that pragmatist sociotropic utilitarian considerations, in concert with mutual comprehension of values based on.

Makale detayları

Italian Public Opinion on Turkey’s EU Accession: Utilitarian Calculations, Identitarian Evaluations or Perceived Threats?

Yazarlar: Ebru Ş. CANAN-SOKULLU

Yayıncı: T.C Dışişleri Bakanlığı

Dergi: PERCEPTIONS: Journal of International Affairs 2011 Vol.16 Issue 1, pp.47-70

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 3/2011

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000586026

Sıklık: İki Yıllık

eISSN: 2651-3315

pISSN: 1300-8641

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Ebru Ş. CANAN-SOKULLU

Yayıncı:

T.C Dışişleri Bakanlığı

Dergi:

PERCEPTIONS: Journal of International Affairs 2011 Vol.16 Issue 1, pp.47-70

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2011

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000586026

Sıklık:

İki Yıllık

eISSN:

2651-3315

pISSN:

1300-8641