A community of Europeans?
Subtitle: transnational identities and public spheres
By: Thomas Risse.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780801446634; 9780801476488
Subjects: Group identity -- Europe; Transnationalism -- Social aspects -- Europe; Social integration -- Europe; Nationalism -- Europe; European federation -- Public opinion; Public opinion -- Europe
Description: In this work, a thoughtful observer of the on-going project of European integration evaluates the state of the art about European identity and European public spheres. The author argues that integration has had profound and long-term effects on the citizens of EU countries.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Collective identities : conceptual and methodological questions; title: Multiple Europes : the Europeanization of citizens' identities; title: Modern Europe and its discontents : the Europeanization of elite identities; title: Europeanization of national identities : explanations; title: Transnational public spheres : conceptual questions; title: The gradual Europeanization of public spheres; title: A European community of communication?; title: "Deepening" : European institution-building; title: "Widening" : EU enlargement and contested identities; title: European democracy and politicization.