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A community of Europeans? : transnational identities and public spheres Thomas Risse text

By: Risse, Thomas | Risse-Kappen, ThomasMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Cornell paperbacksPublication details: Ithaca, London Cornell University Press 2010Description: 287p. PbkISBN: 9780801476488Subject(s): Social integration - Europe | Group identity - Europe | European federation - Public opinion | Transnationalism - Social aspects - Europe | Public opinion - Europe | Nationalism - EuropeDDC classification: 305.8 RIS
Contents:
Collective identities : conceptual and methodological questions -- Multiple Europes : the Europeanization of citizens' identities -- Modern Europe and its discontents : the Europeanization of elite identities -- Europeanization of national identities : explanations -- Transnational public spheres : conceptual questions -- The gradual Europeanization of public spheres -- A European community of communication? -- "Deepening" : European institution-building -- "Widening" : EU enlargement and contested identities -- European democracy and politicization.
Summary: 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.

<p>Includes bibliographical references and index.</p>

Collective identities : conceptual and methodological questions -- Multiple Europes : the Europeanization of citizens' identities -- Modern Europe and its discontents : the Europeanization of elite identities -- Europeanization of national identities : explanations -- Transnational public spheres : conceptual questions -- The gradual Europeanization of public spheres -- A European community of communication? -- "Deepening" : European institution-building -- "Widening" : EU enlargement and contested identities -- European democracy and politicization.

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.

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