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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255283503321

Autore

Galpin Charlotte

Titolo

The Euro Crisis and European Identities : Political and Media Discourse in Germany, Ireland and Poland / / by Charlotte Galpin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-51611-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 259 p.)

Collana

New Perspectives in German Political Studies

Disciplina

320.94

Soggetti

European Union

Comparative politics

Political communication

Germany—Politics and government

European Union Politics

Comparative Politics

Political Communication

German Politics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. European Identities at Times of Crisis -- Chapter 3. European Identity Discourses in Germany, Ireland and Poland -- Chapter 4. Has Germany Fallen Out of Love with Europe? -- Chapter 5. Irish Identity and the Utility of Europe -- Chapter 6. The Battle for the European Core: Polishness as Europeanness? -- Chapter 7. Identity Continuity, Policy Change? Actors, Institutions and Identities -- Chapter 8. Euroscepticism, Identity and Democracy in the EU. .

Sommario/riassunto

This book builds upon our knowledge of the far-reaching economic, political and social effects of the Euro crisis on the European Union by providing a unique study of European identities. In particular, it considers the impact on the construction of European identities in political and media discourse in Germany, Ireland and Poland—three countries with profoundly different experiences of the crisis and never before compared in a single study. Offering an original insight into the dynamics of identity change at moments of upheaval, the author argues



that political and media actors in the early stages of the crisis drew on long-standing identities in order to make sense of the crisis in the public sphere. European identity discourses are thus resilient to change but become central to legitimising and contesting bailouts and further economic integration. As such, the author challenges the commonly held view that identities change dramatically at times of crisis but argues that this very resilience helps to understand the EU’s current divisions. The study of identity during the Euro crisis sheds important light on the prospects for European solidarity as well as on the future of the single currency as an identity-building project. The book will be of particular interest to students and scholars in the fields of EU politics, comparative European politics, and identity politics.