András Bíró-Nagy and Áron Szászi have published their study ’The roots of Euroscepticism: Affective, behavioural and cognitive anti-EU attitudes in Hungary’ in Sociology Compass (Q1, IF=3.1).

Abstract:

This paper has put forward a new indicator based on the “ABC-model” of attitudes designed to capture individual-level Euroscepticism. We constructed a composite anti-EU score based on affective, behavioural and cognitive sub-indices. The study analyses data from a representative, countrywide Hungarian public opinion research. Looking for the drivers of anti-EU attitudes, we took an integrative approach linking various theories of voting behaviour, Euroscepticism and populism studies. Our research showed that subjective well-being significantly reduces anti-EU attitudes. We found some empirical support for the “left behind thesis” in the Hungarian context, as severe economic grievances and fear of losing social status explained anti-EU attitudes. Authoritarian traits turned out to be a major driver of Euroscepticism in Hungary. We proved that cosmopolitan values reduce affective and cognitive anti-EU attitudes, but foreign experience and some international ties significantly correlated with anti-EU stance. We confirmed that being a supporter of the governing Fidesz party and sharing culturally right-wing political views significantly increase anti-EU attitudes. We also revealed that partisanship's effect is strengthened by affective polarization and political interest.

The article is available at this link: https://compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/soc4.13200