Public perceptions of the EU as a system of governance

"Public perceptions of the EU as a system of governance"

Matthew Loveless and Robert Rohrschneider

	Abstract
1	Introduction
	1.1	Conceptual Basis
	1.2	Significance and Relevance of this Research
	1.3	State of the Field
2	Explaining Attitudes about European Integration
	2.1	Instrumental self-interest
	2.2	Social Location
	2.3	National vs. European Identities
	2.4	Institutions and Institutional Performance
3	Role of Intermediaries
	3.1	Elites
	3.2	Parties, Partisanship, and Ideology
	3.3	Mass Media
4	Central and Eastern Europe
5	Conclusion
	References
	Footnotes