Bulletin n. 3/2014
February 2015
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Osterberg-Kaufmann Norma
    Die Wahrnehmung zur Legitimität in der EU: Kongruenz oder Inkongruenz der politischen Kultur von Eliten und Bürgern?
    in Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft , Volume 8, Issue 2 Supplement, November 2014 ,  2014 ,  143-176
    Abstract Key literature in EU legitimisation research indicates deep-rooted delegitimisation of the EU. While this perception has been validated empirically for elites, no data exists to support this thesis from the citizens’ perspective. The following paper discusses how methodological deficits in survey research could be the cause of such common findings on EU legitimacy. Facing the limitations of pure qualitative or quantitative methods, the article presents the repertory grid, a mixed-methods approach, as an alternative method to measure attitudes and perceptions. By measuring citizens’ understanding of legitimacy and how they perceive the legitimacy of the EU, the paper reveals new results on this topic and introduces the repertory grid method.
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