Bases of Support for the Eu's Common Foreign and Security Policy: Gender, Attitudes Toward Economic Integration, and Attachment To Europe

Kentmen Çin, Çiğdem2023-06-162023-06-1620100192-51211460-373Xhttps://doi.org/10.1177/0192512110369523https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14365/2186The present study examines the determinants of individual support for the European Union's (EU) Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). Using data from the 2005 Eurobarometer survey, I specified models that test whether gender, subjective economic evaluations of the European integration, and attachment to Europe affect how EU citizens view the CFSP and a possible rapid European military force. My findings show that there is no gender gap in EU foreign policy attitudes: women are not less pacific than men. Individuals base their evaluations of the EU on their experience of the economic integration and their feelings for Europe.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessForeign policy opinionEuropean UnionGender gapEconomic calculationsEuropean identityPublic-OpinionGulf-WarGapPoliticsCommunityIdentityModelBases of Support for the Eu's Common Foreign and Security Policy: Gender, Attitudes Toward Economic Integration, and Attachment To EuropeArticle10.1177/01925121103695232-s2.0-77955222883