Evropska unija ili teritorijalni integritet – Sociodemografski faktori kao prediktori
EUROPEAN UNION OR TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY – SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS AS PREDICTORS

Author(s): Ksenija Marković, Marko Jovanović
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Political behavior, EU-Approach / EU-Accession / EU-Development, Politics and Identity
Published by: Институт друштвених наука
Keywords: territorial integrity; Kosovo and Metohija; European Union; socio-demographic factors; Serbian public opinion
Summary/Abstract: The paper analyses the influence of socio-demographic factors on the citizens’ prioritization concerning two political issues that are crucial for the development of the society of the Republic of Serbia, namely the EU membership and the preservation of territorial integrity. The initial premise of the authors start is that the resolution of the status of Kosovo and Metohija significantly affects public opinion when it comes to Serbia’s EU membership. The basic hypothesis on which the paper is based is that the socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents do not affect their attitudes when it comes to the choice between the EU membership and the preservation of the territorial integrity of the Republic of Serbia. The study follows the quantitative research method: to answer the research question, the authors rely on the data obtained from the “Value Attitudes of the Citizens to the Democratic Transformation of Serbia in the Past Three Decades (1990-2022)” empirical quantitative research conducted by the Centre for Political Research and Public Opinion of the Institute of Social Sciences. The results of the research indicate that no socio-demographic factor can be singled out to have had the decisive influence on whether the respondents give priority to the European Union or territorial integrity. The authors conclude that other factors, such as values and political culture, may prove to be more significant predictors for the formation of the respondent’s position towards the resolution of the status of Kosovo and Metohija and the European Union membership.

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