Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-29733
Publication type: Article in scientific journal
Type of review: Peer review (publication)
Title: Physically present but spiritually distant : the view of the European Union in Poland
Authors: Polak, Aleksandra
Hartwell, Christopher A.
Sidło, Katarzyna W.
et. al: No
DOI: 10.1515/soeu-2022-0054
10.21256/zhaw-29733
Published in: Comparative Southeast European Studies
Volume(Issue): 71
Issue: 3
Page(s): 300
Pages to: 332
Issue Date: 16-Oct-2023
Publisher / Ed. Institution: De Gruyter
ISSN: 2701-8199
2701-8202
Language: English
Subjects: Poland; European Union; European integration; Rule of law; Euroscepticism
Subject (DDC): 320: Politics
Abstract: The Polish people remain staunchly in favour of the concept of a European Union. Paradoxically though, there has been strong and continued electoral support for Law and Justice (PiS), its ruling party, despite its insistence on precipitating and then continuing multifaceted conflicts with EU institutions. This article examines the internal structural changes in Poland and the attitudes to the EU of Poland’s leaders; the article will argue that those attitudes have deepened pre-existing divisions over integration. By fusing the triple modernization theory of European integration with a two-dimensional concept of party-based Euroscepticism, the article shows how PiS’s ambiguous discourse on European integration, combined with an increasingly instrumental approach to the EU by the Polish electorate—and that electorate’s deepening polarization—have secured steady support for PiS from ostensibly Europhile voters.
URI: https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/29733
Fulltext version: Published version
License (according to publishing contract): CC BY-NC-ND 4.0: Attribution - Non commercial - No derivatives 4.0 International
Departement: School of Management and Law
Organisational Unit: International Management Institute (IMI)
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Polak, A., Hartwell, C. A., & Sidło, K. W. (2023). Physically present but spiritually distant : the view of the European Union in Poland. Comparative Southeast European Studies, 71(3), 300–332. https://doi.org/10.1515/soeu-2022-0054
Polak, A., Hartwell, C.A. and Sidło, K.W. (2023) ‘Physically present but spiritually distant : the view of the European Union in Poland’, Comparative Southeast European Studies, 71(3), pp. 300–332. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1515/soeu-2022-0054.
A. Polak, C. A. Hartwell, and K. W. Sidło, “Physically present but spiritually distant : the view of the European Union in Poland,” Comparative Southeast European Studies, vol. 71, no. 3, pp. 300–332, Oct. 2023, doi: 10.1515/soeu-2022-0054.
POLAK, Aleksandra, Christopher A. HARTWELL und Katarzyna W. SIDŁO, 2023. Physically present but spiritually distant : the view of the European Union in Poland. Comparative Southeast European Studies. 16 Oktober 2023. Bd. 71, Nr. 3, S. 300–332. DOI 10.1515/soeu-2022-0054
Polak, Aleksandra, Christopher A. Hartwell, and Katarzyna W. Sidło. 2023. “Physically Present but Spiritually Distant : The View of the European Union in Poland.” Comparative Southeast European Studies 71 (3): 300–332. https://doi.org/10.1515/soeu-2022-0054.
Polak, Aleksandra, et al. “Physically Present but Spiritually Distant : The View of the European Union in Poland.” Comparative Southeast European Studies, vol. 71, no. 3, Oct. 2023, pp. 300–32, https://doi.org/10.1515/soeu-2022-0054.


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