Title Catholicism and the support for European integration: a critique of the methodological underpinnings /
Authors Garškaitė, Rosita
DOI 10.21697/CSP.2021.25.1.12
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Is Part of Chrześcijaństwo-świat-polityka.. Warszaw : Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego W Warszawie. 2021, no. 25, p. 198-206.. ISSN 1896-9038. eISSN 2719-8405
Keywords [eng] Catholicism ; European integration ; European Union ; positivism ; interpretivism
Abstract [eng] It has long been argued that a special relationship between Catholicism and European integration exists. Yet, the scholarly discussion of its meaning has seldom gone beyond statistical analyses that show robust correlations, but cannot provide an understanding of why and when Catholics tend to choose commitment to European Union over skepticism or indifference to it. Three philosophical arguments are presented in the paper which indicate the flaws of positivist research and show how an interpretivist approach could shed light on the topic studied.
Published Warszaw : Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego W Warszawie
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2021
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