The Europeans

To what extent and for what reasons do citizens of the European Union think of themselves not as French or German or Polish or..., but as European? How have the answers changed over time? What explains variations among individuals? Addressing these and related questions, David Green draws on a vast amount of empirical data to thoroughly investigate the phenomenon of European identity. Green finds that there is indeed a sense of European identity among a substantial segment of the EU population - but it is an identity with a very different character than that of traditional political identities. His demonstration of the "postmodern," instrumental nature of European identity has serious implications not only for the development of the EU, but for international politics more broadly.

ISBN	158826355X	DEWEY	940.55
ISBN13	9781588263551 (What's this?)	DEWEY edition	DC22
Publisher	Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc	Pages	250
Imprint	Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc	Volumes	001
Format	Hardback	Published in	Boulder, CO
Publication date	15 Jan 2007	Series title	Studies on the European Polity
Library of Congress	D1055	Academic level	Undergraduate

1	Introduction : the study of European political identity	1
2	The idea of European identity	33
3	Are there any "Europeans" in Europe?	51
4	Who are the "Europeans"? : explaining variance in levels of European identity	71
5	What does it mean to be "European"? : the nature and content of European identity	109
6	How "European" are the Europeans? the depth of European identification	131
7	Conclusion : European identity and its context	147
App. 1	Summary of elite informants interviewed	167
App. 2	Summary of targeted European identifers interviewed	171
App. 3	Summary of respondents to the survey of European identifiers	173
App. 4	Summary of survey datasets analyzed	175
App. 5	Basic script for interviews of elite informants	177
App. 6	Basic script for interviews of targeted European identifiers	179
App. 7	Survey of European identifier instruments	181
App. 8	Summary of ancillary events attended during 1998 fieldwork	187

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