European identity in intercultural context
Subtitle: insights from Erasmus students' experiences
By: Georgiana Udrea
Series: Communicare Media; Comunicare/Media
Publisher: Tritonic
Published: 2014
Place of publication: București
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9786068571355
Subjects: Identity (Psychology); Europeans; Psychological aspects; Youth; Psychology
Description: "This volume explores a topical issue in the current period: the European identity in the context provided by intra-European educational mobility. Based on solid analytical sources and rigorous empirical research, the main purpose of the book is to investigate the emergence of a European sense of self in the young, educated people who have recently pursued an academic sojourn in Europe. Thus, in a comparative  perspective grounded both theoretically and empirically, the present study is conducted among Eramus students from Romania and the Netherlands, and aims to capture whether they tend to activate a European identity during their exchange experience abroad. A refined analysis of the obtained data highlights the conclusion that European identity is not just a conceptual reality, but an interactional reality that may become salient in certain social contexts."
Notes: Includes bibliographical reference (pages 213-231).
Table of contents: title: In search of identity, its meanings and conceptualizations; title: European identity. Theoretical perspectives and current challenges; title: European identity and student mobility. The Erasmus experience.; title: Identity and intercultural adaptation. Sudents' adjustment process to foreign environments; title: European identity in Romania and the Netherlands. A case-study.