How European Citizens Understand the Economy - 9781032371658

Taylor & Francis Ltd

How European Citizens Understand the EconomyKnowledge, Politicization and Anchoring in the European Public Sphere\nAuthor(s): Dorian Alt\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032371658, 978-1032371658\nSynopsis\nThis book argues that the European public sphere functions to help citizens understand complex economic issues and discuss them meaningfully across borders. Through original research conducted on citizens perceptions of European economic issues, it explores a mechanism that allows people to make sense of such complex issues - national anchoring - and shows that the way issues are politicized today in a national public sphere will shape citizens' understandings of novel issues tomorrow.\n\nThe book demonstrates that debates in the European public sphere spread knowledge to the population just as national debates do, thus allowing transnational deliberation to function in the EU and potentially advance a Europe.