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2019 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Trust in the European Union: What Is It and How Does It Matter?

Authors : Antonina Bakardjieva Engelbrekt, Niklas Bremberg, Anna Michalski, Lars Oxelheim

Published in: Trust in the European Union in Challenging Times

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Bakardijeva Engelbrekt, Bremberg, Michalski, and Oxelheim introduce the concept of trust in the European Union by pointing out its elusive character comprising both interpersonal relations and attitudes towards organizations and broad-based institutions in society. In the early days of integration, trust was primarily connected to the European security community. Then, trust was present mainly among political, economic, and bureaucratic elites while public confidence in European integration took a vaguer form. Today, trust in the EU is challenged by numerous developments, ranging from the deteriorating internal and external security situation and terrorism to rising populism and anti-establishment sentiments. Also, rapid change in the digitalization of society and changing conditions for socio-economic development play a decisive role in the evolution of trust in Europe.

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Footnotes
1
The academic literature on social and political trust is vast and it spans several fields ranging from sociology, economics, political science, and psychology; see, inter alia, Easton (1965), Norris (1999), Mishler and Roses (2001), Tinggaard Svendsen and Lind Haase Svendsen (2009), Algan and Cahuc (2010), and Schlössers, Fetchenhauers and Dunning (2016).
 
2
For a comprehensive historical overview of European integration, see Urwin (2014).
 
3
On the concept of security community and European integration, see Deutsch et al. (1957), Adler and Barnett (1998), Bremberg (2018).
 
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Metadata
Title
Trust in the European Union: What Is It and How Does It Matter?
Authors
Antonina Bakardjieva Engelbrekt
Niklas Bremberg
Anna Michalski
Lars Oxelheim
Copyright Year
2019
Book
Trust in the European Union in Challenging Times

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-73856-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-73857-4

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73857-4_1