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11 Foreword Nothing to Fear but Fea

13 FORES in Sweden, the Institute o

15 rising tide that cuts across tra

17 diversity), and political leader

19 trends in Austria, where the Fre

21 refugees of ‘bringing in all k

23 themselves embodying the fear of

25 ‘wrong-headed doctrine’, and

27 While the Central European case

29 Europe, but the politics of fear

31 of European identity - attachmen

33 Euroscepticism In every country,

35 Figure 2 Views of respondents in

37 Political trust We also asked ou

2 France Slightly more French peopl

2 France The situation in Poland, f

2 France Figure 6 Responses by surv

2 France Figure 8 Responses by surv

2 France 2 Elections at a time of p

2 France These results are particul

2 France Figure 11 Responses by sur

2 France One of the parties that is

2 France the idea of ‘plain speak

2 France The fact that these two is

2 France Figure 17 Responses by sur

2 France As in the YouGov survey, D

2 France Conclusion: the need to pu

2 France Notes 1 F Furedi, ‘The p

2 France 15 A de Montigny, ‘Selon

2 France 31 On this topic, see Y Be

2 France urgence-conduit-a-des-abus

Vie Publique, ‘Trente ans de lég

Contents Summary Introduction Metho

3 Germany politicians have difficul

3 Germany among the German public s

Methodology 3 Germany To further th

3 Germany Figure 1 Areas represente

3 Germany Taking a closer look at t

3 Germany When looking at all the c

3 Germany with different demographi

3 Germany Figure 7 Fears of respond

3 Germany feeling of insecurity ont

3 Germany Insight 3: Concerns about

3 Germany of the politicians interv

3 Germany Figure 11 Fears of respon

3 Germany I haven’t heard anyone

3 Germany Figure 13 Fears of respon

3 Germany issues that are the EU’

3 Germany are able to draw on compa

Conclusions 3 Germany Using the lat

3 Germany concerns and alleviating

3 Germany Provide avenues for knowl

3 Germany public-elite comparisons

3 Germany ·· €1,351-1,660 ··

3 Germany ·· Q5. Which of the fol

3 Germany a Angela Merkel b The Ger

3 Germany 6 T Lochocki, The Unstopp

3 Germany European Parliament, Stan

Contents Introduction 1 Migration,

4 Spain 1 Migration, economic crisi

4 Spain During the rapid economic e

4 Spain Figure 4 GDP (adjusted for

4 Spain Figure 8 Household expendit

4 Spain In short, high levels of mi

4 Spain of them also illiberal, wer

4 Spain Figure 9 The proportion of

4 Spain This Europeanism presents i

4 Spain Table 3 The views of respon

4 Spain The acceptance of globalisa

4 Spain Figure 13 The views of resp

4 Spain Increased acceptance of dif

4 Spain Table 7 The percentage of r

4 Spain Figure 15 Views of responde

4 Spain Table 9 The extent to which

4 Spain Table 10 Respondents’ vie

4 Spain are most inclined to vote f

4 Spain 3 Electoral and party polit

4 Spain The extreme right was disco

4 Spain towns, although none of the

4 Spain emphasising unity and the l

4 Spain cradles of successful natio

4 Spain of the population supportin

4 Spain Appendix 2: Results of the

4 Spain Total (%) Partido Popular (

4 Spain Total (%) Partido Popular (

4 Spain Total (%) Partido Popular (

4 Spain Total (%) Partido Popular (

4 Spain Total (%) Partido Popular (

4 Spain Total (%) Partido Popular (

4 Spain Notes 1 Jose Pablo Martíne

4 Spain Material deprivation covers

4 Spain 23 European Commission, Sta

4 Spain See Centro de Investigacion

4 Spain European Commission, ‘Pub

4 Spain INE, ‘Padrón municipal

4 Spain paper presented at the 12th

Contents Summary Introduction 1 Soc

5 Poland Introduction - what happen

5 Poland the Hungarian political sc

5 Poland the Law and Justice party,

5 Poland giving the winner an absol

5 Poland and to tire out the domest

5 Poland 1 Social cohesion and econ

5 Poland and an inflow of European

5 Poland The second factor is the p

5 Poland seems economic indicators

5 Poland occupational qualification

5 Poland Table 2 Respondents’ ans

5 Poland Table 3 Respondents’ vie

5 Poland Despite the generally posi

5 Poland not the Law and Justice pa

5 Poland or immigrants from Arab co

5 Poland Post-election developments

5 Poland 3 Social conservatism and

5 Poland women’s empowerment, LGB

5 Poland women’s access to legal

5 Poland commentators did not expec

5 Poland Conclusions - resilience a

5 Poland The rise of authoritarian

5 Poland Notes 1 YouGov surveyed ad

5 Poland Since then, the near absen

5 Poland 24 World Bank, ‘GINI ind

5 Poland European Union’, Standar

5 Poland migrants-asylum-poland-kac

5 Poland 67 In 1993 60 per cent sup

5 Poland 82 Fomina and Kucharczyk,

5 Poland Boguszewski R, ‘Nastroje

5 Poland Faiola A, ‘In Poland, a

5 Poland Kucharczyk J and Zbieranek

5 Poland Public Opinion Research, 2

6 Sweden - Sweden: the immigration

375 Introduction In Swedish migrati

377 migrants came mainly as family

379 Citizens from outside the EU ar

381 2018 elections. The Sweden Demo

383 Figure 3 The proportion of Swed

385 science: national identity is t

387 During the refugee crisis of 20

389 and immigrants even when suppos

391 2 Analysis and results The main

393 she suggested that the ‘migra

395 emphasised, this crisis came ac

397 directed towards Swedishness in

399 which leads voters to connect S

401 exclusively of people with a ci

403 Table 3 confirms the findings i

405 Summary and discussion During 2

407 rhetoric of the Christian Democ

409 6 Migrationsverket, ‘Asylsök

411 22 H Oscarsson and A Bergström

413 37 P Mouritsen and TV Olsen,

415 References ‘Historiskt högt

417 Jenkins R, Social Identity, Lon

419 Regeringskansliet, ‘Regeringe

7 Responding to the politics of fea

423 Introduction This project has i

425 In responding to the current fe

427 in facilitated discussion to es

429 2 Reconnect ‘political elites

431 background is also central to r

433 Boost the accountability of EU

435 3 Make the case for openness an

437 communities and country’s pla

439 1.8 million signatures, predomi

441 4 Counter post-truth narratives

443 organisation’ 30 - including

445 - whether through public policy

447 8 C Malmström, ‘Shaping glob

449 24 J Haidt, ‘The ethics of gl

451 References Arthur J and Kristj

453 European Ombudsman, ‘Ombudsma

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