Are We Human, Or Are We Islands? A Case For How Island Dwelling Influences Euroscepticism
(2025) STVM23 20251Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- This paper uses nissological theory in order to ascertain the connection between
Eurosceptic voting tendencies or lack thereof, and three elements often associated with island dwelling, those being physical, legal, or identity-based separation. The author has chosen four distinct island regions from around Europe, more specifically Sicily, Crete, Azores and Åland. After an explanation of the basic theories behind this paper, a profile based on those three traits for each region is created and analyzed according to existing reports and data. After that follows an analysis of voting patterns in a period spanning from 10 years ago to the present (2025) according to Eurosceptic voting tendencies. All parties from every election during the... (More) - This paper uses nissological theory in order to ascertain the connection between
Eurosceptic voting tendencies or lack thereof, and three elements often associated with island dwelling, those being physical, legal, or identity-based separation. The author has chosen four distinct island regions from around Europe, more specifically Sicily, Crete, Azores and Åland. After an explanation of the basic theories behind this paper, a profile based on those three traits for each region is created and analyzed according to existing reports and data. After that follows an analysis of voting patterns in a period spanning from 10 years ago to the present (2025) according to Eurosceptic voting tendencies. All parties from every election during the period were analyzed with the use of qualitative data pertaining to their views for each individual election. The results show that in most cases safe for one, there was no substantial difference in Eurosceptic voting tendencies, however the author attributes that to other aspects of the theories analyzed before. (Less)
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- author
- Ananias, Meletios Michail LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- STVM23 20251
- year
- 2025
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- nissology, Euroscepticism, island studies, European Affairs
- language
- English
- id
- 9189766
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- 2025-08-08 11:37:39
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abstract = {{This paper uses nissological theory in order to ascertain the connection between
Eurosceptic voting tendencies or lack thereof, and three elements often associated with island dwelling, those being physical, legal, or identity-based separation. The author has chosen four distinct island regions from around Europe, more specifically Sicily, Crete, Azores and Åland. After an explanation of the basic theories behind this paper, a profile based on those three traits for each region is created and analyzed according to existing reports and data. After that follows an analysis of voting patterns in a period spanning from 10 years ago to the present (2025) according to Eurosceptic voting tendencies. All parties from every election during the period were analyzed with the use of qualitative data pertaining to their views for each individual election. The results show that in most cases safe for one, there was no substantial difference in Eurosceptic voting tendencies, however the author attributes that to other aspects of the theories analyzed before.}},
author = {{Ananias, Meletios Michail}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Are We Human, Or Are We Islands? A Case For How Island Dwelling Influences Euroscepticism}},
year = {{2025}},
}