The European Union and the Asia-Pacific: media, public, and elite perceptions of the EU/ edited by Natalia Chaban and Martin Holland. - New York : Routledge, 2008. - xii, 239 p. : ill., charts ; 25 cm. - Routledge/UACES contemporary European studies series ; 6. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Research Rationale 1. Mirror Reflections?-- 2. The European Union in Metaphors: Images of the EU Enlargement in the Asia-Pacific News -- 3. Exposure, Accessibility, and Difference: How Australians and New Zealanders Perceive Europe and the European Union -- 4. Bringing Public Opinion Back In: Public Perceptions of the EU in Thailand and South Korea -- 5. Europe From Within, Europe from Without: Understanding Spontaneous Perceptions of the European Union in the Asia-Pacific -- 6. What Australians Think About the EU -- 7. The Asia-Pacific Power Elite and the Soft Superpower. -- Appendix 1: Media Environments and Sample Selection. -- Appendix 2: Portrait of the Survey Respondents: Australia and New Zealand. -- Appendix 3: Portrait of the Survey Respondents: South Korea and Thailand. -- Appendix 4: Elite Interview Questionnaires

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Public opinion--Asia.
Public opinion--Pacific Area.
Elite (Social sciences)--Attitudes.--Asia
Elite (Social sciences)--Attitudes.--Pacific Area

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