European Identity (Contemporary European Politics)

Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Figures......Page 9
Tables......Page 10
Contributors......Page 11
Preface......Page 13
1 The politicization of European identities......Page 17
Theorizing European identity......Page 20
European integration theory in the 1960s......Page 21
Europe as an emerging multilevel polity......Page 23
Europeanization......Page 25
Politicization of "who we are"......Page 27
Politicization of religion......Page 30
Politicization of national politics......Page 31
Multidisciplinary perspectives......Page 33
Identity as project......Page 35
Identity as process......Page 38
European identity in context......Page 40
PART I European identity as project......Page 43
2 Political identity in a community of strangers......Page 45
Political identity and political community......Page 46
Nation-like conceptions of European political identity......Page 50
Constitutional patriotism as European political identity......Page 54
The place of conflict and consensus in European political identity......Page 59
Political identity and European values......Page 60
The constructive role of democratic conflict......Page 62
Conclusion: the ties that bind a community of strangers......Page 64
3 Experimental identities (after Maastricht)......Page 68
1919......Page 69
European integralism......Page 71
Audience......Page 74
Monetary problematic......Page 76
Catholicism within......Page 78
Communities of practice......Page 80
Ethical citizenship......Page 83
Bad faith......Page 86
Encrypted identities......Page 88
Duty to integrate......Page 90
After Maastricht......Page 94
Acknowledgment......Page 95
4 The public sphere and the European Union's political identity......Page 97
The European Union's constitutional crisis......Page 99
The European public sphere......Page 105
Is there a European project?......Page 109
The self-presentation of the European Union in everyday life......Page 110
The European Union as political identity project......Page 113
The European Union's architectural design......Page 116
Conclusion......Page 121
PART II European identity as process......Page 125
5 Being European: East and West......Page 127
Foreground and background......Page 128
Revolution and counter-revolution......Page 132
Nation and supra-nation......Page 136
Remembering and forgetting......Page 142
Conclusion......Page 145
6 Who are the Europeans and how does this matter for politics?......Page 148
Theoretical considerations......Page 150
Evidence for "Who is a European"......Page 155
A European civil society?......Page 161
How should this matter for politics?......Page 164
Conclusion......Page 170
Appendix......Page 175
7 Immigration, migration, and free movement in the making of Europe......Page 183
Population movements in the making and unmaking of Europe......Page 184
The three migrations in Europe......Page 188
Traditional non-European "ethnic" (im)migrants......Page 189
Eurostars and Eurocities......Page 193
East–West movers......Page 198
Conclusion: Migration and comparative regional integration processes......Page 201
PART III European identity in context......Page 207
8 Identification with Europe and politicization of the EU since the 1980s......Page 209
Politicization and de-politicization since the 1980s......Page 210
A liberal identification with Europe......Page 214
Identification with Europe's internal diversity......Page 217
Identification with European lifestyles and values......Page 219
A cautious and restrained identification with Europe?......Page 221
A distinctive identification with Europe......Page 224
Conclusion......Page 226
9 Conclusion – European identity in context......Page 229
Identities in the new Europe......Page 230
Identities in comparative perspective......Page 234
Asia......Page 235
The Americas......Page 237
European identities......Page 239
Identity matters......Page 242
Bibliography......Page 244
Index......Page 275