European integration has led to the proliferation of cross-border mobilities across the member states of the European Union (EU). How do cross-border virtual and physical interactions impact different types of redistributive solidarity? In this article, we test the association between transnationalism and support for foreigners' access to the domestic welfare state and to general redistributive solidarity to reduce inequality. We draw on original public opinion survey data collected by the 'Reconciling Economic and Social Europe: The Role of Values, Ideas and Politics' (REScEU) research project in ten EU countries. We argue that European forms of transnationalism increase mobility-related solidarity because through cross-border social exchange individuals develop feelings of care and responsibility towards ethnic 'others'. We find that transnationalism has a positive effect on the acceptance of both 'EU citizens' and 'all foreigners' into the domestic welfare system. By contrast, transnationalism is associated with a decrease in individuals' preferences for economic redistribution to reduce income inequality in one's country.

A solidarity bias? Assessing the effects of individual transnationalism on redistributive solidarity in the EU / F. Visconti, A. Kyriazi. - In: JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN PUBLIC POLICY. - ISSN 1350-1763. - (2022), pp. 1-24. [Epub ahead of print] [10.1080/13501763.2022.2153155]

A solidarity bias? Assessing the effects of individual transnationalism on redistributive solidarity in the EU

F. Visconti
Primo
;
A. Kyriazi
Ultimo
2022

Abstract

European integration has led to the proliferation of cross-border mobilities across the member states of the European Union (EU). How do cross-border virtual and physical interactions impact different types of redistributive solidarity? In this article, we test the association between transnationalism and support for foreigners' access to the domestic welfare state and to general redistributive solidarity to reduce inequality. We draw on original public opinion survey data collected by the 'Reconciling Economic and Social Europe: The Role of Values, Ideas and Politics' (REScEU) research project in ten EU countries. We argue that European forms of transnationalism increase mobility-related solidarity because through cross-border social exchange individuals develop feelings of care and responsibility towards ethnic 'others'. We find that transnationalism has a positive effect on the acceptance of both 'EU citizens' and 'all foreigners' into the domestic welfare system. By contrast, transnationalism is associated with a decrease in individuals' preferences for economic redistribution to reduce income inequality in one's country.
Deservingness; European Union; public opinion; solidarity; transnationalism;
Settore SPS/04 - Scienza Politica
   RECONCILING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EUROPE: VALUES, IDEAS AND POLITICS
   REScEU
   EUROPEAN COMMISSION
   FP7
   340534

   Policy Crisis and Crisis Politics. Sovereignty, Solidarity and Identity in the EU post 2008 (SOLID)
   SOLID
   EUROPEAN COMMISSION
   H2020
   810356
2022
3-dic-2022
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