Convergence or divergence? A multilevel analysis of political values in 18 EU countries 1990?2017
Convergence or divergence? A multilevel analysis of political values in 18 EU countries 1990?2017
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趋同还是发散？
DOI：
10.1057/s41295-021-00241-w
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发表时间：
2021
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Dekker Paul、Iedema Jurjen
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作者：
van Houwelingen Pepijn;Akaliyski Plamen;Dekker Paul、Iedema Jurjen
欧洲各国的基本核心政治价值观差异很大。从欧洲一体化的角度来看，欧洲各国核心政治价值观的逐渐趋同将是有益的。可取的是，任何可能的欧洲价值趋同的方向也将符合欧洲联盟（EU）规定的价值。基于欧洲价值观研究（EVS） 1990年至2017年的数据，我们评估了18个欧盟国家在9个政治价值指标方面的民意发展，这些指标包括三个核心政治价值观：平等、个人自治和世界主义。这18个欧洲国家在核心政治价值观上的差异和动态变化是相当大的。根据我们分析的政治价值，我们的调查得出了关于时间发展结果的矛盾结论。欧盟国家在平等和世界主义价值观上趋于一致，但在个人自治方面却存在分歧。然而，世界主义的总体变化并不是欧盟想要的方向，因为这些国家对欧盟扩大持更加怀疑的态度。个人自治的趋势是欧盟所希望的方向（“相同方向”），但在前社会主义国家中要慢得多（“不同速度”），这导致了欧盟范围内的分歧。
Basic core political values differ widely across Europe. From a European integration perspective, a gradual convergence in core political values across European countries would be beneficial. Desirably, the direction of any possible European value convergence would be also in accordance with the values stipulated by the European Union (EU). Based on European Values Study (EVS) data from 1990 to 2017, we assess the developments among 18 EU countries with regard to public opinion on nine political value indicators, comprising three core political values: equality, individual autonomy, and cosmopolitanism. The differences and the dynamics of change in core political values between these 18 European countries are considerable. Our investigation arrives at contradictory conclusions about the outcome of the temporal development, depending on the political value we analyze. EU countries have converged on equality and cosmopolitanism values, but diverged on individual autonomy. The overall change in cosmopolitanism is, however, not in the direction the EU intends, as the countries have become more skeptical of EU enlargement. The trend in individual autonomy is in an EU-desired direction (‘same direction’), but is much slower in the former socialist countries (‘different speed’), which results in divergence on an EU-wide scale.