written by
Oana, Ioana Elena ; Moise, Alexandru D. ; Truchlewski, Zbigniew
Demand for EU Polity Building in the Shadow of the Russian Threat – Cambridge University Press
15/03/2025
scritto da
Oana, Ioana Elena ; Moise, Alexandru D. ; Truchlewski, Zbigniew

Summary

The Russian invasion of Ukraine came on the heels of a series of crises that tested the resilience of the EU as a compound polity and arguably reshaped European policymaking at all levels. This Element investigates the effects of the invasion on public support for European polity building across four key policy domains: refugee policy, energy policy, foreign policy, and defence. It shows how support varies across four polity types (centralized, decentralized, pooled, reinsurance) stemming from a distinction between policy and polity support. In terms of the drivers of support and its evolution over time, performance evaluations and ideational factors appear as strong predictors, while perceived threat and economic vulnerability appear to matter less. Results show strong support for further resource pooling at the EU level in all domains that can lead to novel and differentiated forms of polity-building. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

To cite this book:

1. Oana I-E, Moise AD, Truchlewski Z. Demand for EU Polity Building in the Shadow of the Russian Threat. Cambridge University Press; 2025.

from the same author:
Understanding public support for EU polity building in hard times: the role of territorial, functional, and crisis politics – Journal of European Public Policy
Pandemic Polity-Building, How Covid-19 Shaped the European Union – Oxford University Press
Two functionalist logics of European Union polity formation under external threat: Evidence from a conjoint experiment – European Union Politics
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This project is funded with a Synergy Grant by the European Research Council under Grant Agreement n. 810356. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.