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Roles and attitudes of French and Italian delegates to the European Community

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

William R. Pendergast
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Students of regional integration have suggested that participants in international activities may experience attitudinal changes which are favorable for subsequent integrative processes. Interviews with 24 French and Italian staff members of permanent delegations at European Community headquarters, however, indicate that these delegates did not increase their support for integration during their tenure, but that they became more realistic about European Community politics. Delegates A appear to differ primarily on the basis of ministerial affiliation and nationality, while no significant variations appeared to be correlated with other factors tested.

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International Organization , Volume 30 , Issue 4 , Autumn 1976 , pp. 669 - 677
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Copyright © The IO Foundation 1976

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1 Literature on attitudes and integration includes: Deutsch, Karl et al. , France, Germany and the Western Alliance, (New York: Scribner's, 1967)Google Scholar; Lerner, Daniel and Gorden, Morton, Euratlantica: Changing Perspectives of the European Elites. (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1969)Google Scholar; Kelman, Herbert C., “Changing Attitudes Through International Activities,” Journal of Social Issues, Vol. 18, No. 1 (1962): 67–87CrossRefGoogle Scholar; Wolf, Peter, “International Organization and Attitude Change: A Re-examination of the Functionalist Approach,” International Organization, Vol. 27, No. 3 (Summer 1973): 347–71CrossRefGoogle Scholar; Bonham, G. Matthew, “Participation in Regional Parliamentary Assemblies: Effects on Attitudes of Scandinavian Parliamentarians,” Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 8, No. 4 (05 1970): 325–336CrossRefGoogle Scholar; Kerr, Henry Jr, “Changing Attitudes Through International Participation: European Parliamentarians and Integration,” International Organization, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Winter 1973): 45–84CrossRefGoogle Scholar; Alger, Chadwick, “Personal Contact in Inter-governmental Organizations,” in Kelman, Herbert, ed., International Behavior, (New York: Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1965), pp. 521–47Google Scholar.

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