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Record Nr.

UNINA9910157837603321

Autore

Kuhn Theresa

Titolo

Experiencing European integration : transnational lives and European identity

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

ISBN

0-19-100279-8

0-19-176802-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Disciplina

337.142

Soggetti

Group identity - European Union countries

Public opinion - European Union countries

Transnationalism

Sociology & Social History

Social Sciences

Social Conditions

Europe Economic integration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Transnationalism -- Linking transnationalism to citizen orientations towards European integration -- Being and feeling European : the effect of individual transnationalism on EU support and European identity -- The social stratification of individual transnationalism in Europe -- Transactionalist theory under further empirical scrutiny : purpose and scope of interactions -- The Janus face of increased transactions -- Transnational Europhiles, local Eurosceptics.

Sommario/riassunto

European integration has generated a wide array of economic, political, and social opportunities beyond the nation state. An early theorist of European integration, Karl Deutsch, expected this development to promote a collective identity and public support for European integration: by interacting across borders, Europeans would eventually acquire a common 'we feeling'. This book puts these expectations under scrutiny by developing a comprehensive theoretical model that helps us understand how transnational interactions relate to orientations towards European integration.