Dilemmas of a European voter
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2024-08-26
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This thesis investigates a dilemma that citizens in Europe, and by extension their representatives in the European parliament, face. They sometimes have to form an opinion on a type of policy they do want, but which is brought forward at a level of government which they do not want to have control over the policy area concerned. This thesis investigates a citizen's ultimate choice by using experimental research. Respondents face a systematically varied proposal to determine which factors contribute to choices in such dilemmas. This thesis investigates in particular whether a redistributive proposal is judged differently from a non-redistributive proposal, and whether people with extreme feelings in favour or against the EU handle such a dilemma differently. The redistributive proposals are further divided into proposals where the country of residence of a citizen lives is a winner or a loser of the redistribution. The thesis produces some signs that both redistribution and extreme opinions on the EU are of influence on the way citizens face such a proposal. It does not however produce evidence that winning or losing a redistribution in a proposal is of influence on how citizens face such a dilemma.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen