1st Edition
How European Citizens Understand the Economy Knowledge, Politicization and Anchoring in the European Public Sphere
Introduction: How the European Public Overcomes Problems of Understanding Chapter 1. Investigating Complexity and Compatibility in the European Public Sphere PART I: National Anchoring Chapter 2. National Culture and Past Politicization Chapter 3. Neoliberalism and the Worth of Nations PART II: The Complexity Problem Chapter 4. Diverse Understandings: Market Experiences and the Rational Choice Model Chapter 5. Informed Understandings: Economic Theory and the Deficit Model PART III: The Compatibility Problem Chapter 6. Testing Compatibility: Three and the European Public Sphere Chapter 7. Explaining Compatibility: Economic Politicization and the European Demos Conclusion Bibliography Appendix 1. Overview of Social Representations: the Economy in the Eyes of Citizens Appendix 2. Focus Group Design Appendix 3. Characteristics of Participants
Biography
Dorian Alt is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Comparative Constitutionalism at Charles University Prague. His research interests lie at the intersection of Political Sociology and European Studies. Dorian holds a PhD in Politics from Freie Universität Berlin, an Msc in Philosophy from LSE and a BA in European Studies from Maastricht University.
