Explaining European Identity Formation Citizens' Attachment from Maastricht Treaty to Crisis /

• Main Author: Bergbauer, Stephanie (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: European Union.; European Economic Community literature.; Political sociology.; Comparative politics.; Europe-Politics and government.; European Union Politics.; European Integration.; Political Sociology.; Comparative Politics.; European Politics.

What makes people identify with Europe? To answer this question, this book analyzes the development and determinants of a common European identity among EU citizens from the Maastricht Treaty in 1992 to the recent financial and economic crisis. The author examines citizens' identification with...

Table of Contents:

• The Relevance of a Common European Identity among the Citizens of Europe
• Conceptualising European Identification and Mechanisms of European Identity Formation
• The Sources of European Identity: A Theoretical Model for Explaining Individual Identification with Europe
• The Development of Citizens' Identification with Europe from Maastricht to the Crisis
• The Salience of European and National Identity for Political Parties in Europe
• Explaining European Identification: The Impact of Enlargement and the Crisis on Feelings of European Identity among EU Citizens
• The State of European Identity After the Crisis: Implications for Research and Policymaking.