European Sentiment in time of crises. The point of view of young university students

Autor: Mariaeugenia Parito, Ricardo Pérez-Calle, Lucia D’Ambrosi
Jazyk: German<br />English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />French<br />Italian
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: SocietàMutamentoPolitica: Rivista Italiana di Sociologia, Vol 13, Iss 25 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2038-3150
DOI: 10.36253/smp-13441
Popis: The latest emergencies – economic, refugee, and the pandemic of Covid-19 – has impacted in European collective identity construction, especially in Southern Europe. This article investigates if the pandemic crisis has activated in young Italian and Spanish university students nationalistic or/and European responses. The analysis, based on an online survey, uses the partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) statistical method to perform an exploratory analysis of the explanatory theoretical model of European sentiment. The results show that young people attribute several meanings to Europe during the pandemic, which are based mainly on making informed decisions and recognizing a common space of interaction as an opportunity of peace, security and democracy. The findings highlight the role of EU communicative actions in increasing trust in national and European institutions.
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