The Political Basis of Support for European Integration
The Political Basis of Support for European Integration
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支持欧洲一体化的政治基础
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2000
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通讯作者：
Ignacio Sánchez
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Ignacio Sánchez
之前很多关于民众对欧洲一体化的支持度的研究都假设，支持度是经济计算的一个函数。我提出了一个不同的模型，在这个模型中，支持是超国家政治和国家政治之间相互作用的结果：公民对超国家机构运作的看法越高，对国家机构运作的看法越低，他们对一体化的支持就越大。这是因为国家政治体系的意见越差，将主权移交给欧洲的机会成本就越低。为了说明这一假设，我表明，在那些腐败更严重、福利国家更不发达的国家，对一体化的国家支持程度更高。通过对欧洲晴雨表（Eurobarometer）的一项调查进行有序logit分析，我在个人层面上检验了这一政治模型。最后，笔者从实证分析中得出一些结论，以供当前关于欧洲民主可能性的讨论之用。
Much previous research on popular support for European integration assumes that support is a function of economic calculations. I propose a different model, in which support is the consequence of the interplay between supranational and national politics: the higher citizens' opinion of the functioning of supranational institutions and the lower that of national institutions, the greater their support for integration. This is so because the worse the opinion of the national political system, the lower the opportunity cost of transferring sovereignty to Europe. In order to illustrate this hypothesis, I show that levels of national support for integration are higher in those countries that suffer greater corruption and have less-developed welfare states. Through an ordered logit analysis of one Eurobarometer survey, I test this political model at the individual level. Finally, I draw some conclusions from the empirical analysis for current discussions on the possibility of a European democracy.