Gauging the European Union Message Against the Death Penalty: Lessons from an Experimental Public Opinion Survey
Session
Political Science & International Relations
Description
While many studies indicate that citizens are not responsive to EU policy messages, we argue that citizens are receptive to the EU's support of the abolition of the death penalty. We expect that citizens adjust their attitudes about death penalty, when given an EU frame of abolition. In an original experimental survey conducted in Albania, we find that respondents who received an EU framing of the death penalty exhibited lower levels of personal support for the death penalty. However, this result did hold in regards to levels of support for the reinstatement of the death penalty in Albania, which remained similar among respondents who received and did not receive the EU frame treatment.
Keywords:
death penalty, public opinion, EU membership conditions, EU enlargement, experimental survey
Session Chair
Ridvan Peshkopia
Session Co-Chair
Ramadan Ilazi
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-437-54-7
Location
Durres, Albania
Start Date
28-10-2017 3:00 PM
End Date
28-10-2017 4:30 PM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2017.323
Recommended Citation
Page, Douglas and Peshkopia, Ridvan, "Gauging the European Union Message Against the Death Penalty: Lessons from an Experimental Public Opinion Survey" (2017). UBT International Conference. 323.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2017/all-events/323
Gauging the European Union Message Against the Death Penalty: Lessons from an Experimental Public Opinion Survey
Durres, Albania
While many studies indicate that citizens are not responsive to EU policy messages, we argue that citizens are receptive to the EU's support of the abolition of the death penalty. We expect that citizens adjust their attitudes about death penalty, when given an EU frame of abolition. In an original experimental survey conducted in Albania, we find that respondents who received an EU framing of the death penalty exhibited lower levels of personal support for the death penalty. However, this result did hold in regards to levels of support for the reinstatement of the death penalty in Albania, which remained similar among respondents who received and did not receive the EU frame treatment.