1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789624603321

Autore

Risse-Kappen Thomas

Titolo

A community of Europeans? [[electronic resource] ] : transnational identities and public spheres / / Thomas Risse

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2010

ISBN

0-8014-5918-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 p.)

Collana

Cornell paperbacks

Disciplina

305.80094

Soggetti

Group identity - Europe

Transnationalism - Social aspects - Europe

Social integration - Europe

Nationalism - Europe

European federation - Public opinion

Public opinion - Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: The Europeanization Of Identities And Public Spheres -- Part I: An Emerging European Identity? -- 1. Collective Identities: Conceptual And Methodological Questions -- 2. Multiple Europes: The Europeanization Of Citizens' Identities -- 3. Modern Europe And Its Discontents: The Europeanization Of Elite Identities -- 4. Europeanization Of National Identities: Explanations -- Part II: An Emerging European Public Sphere? -- 5. Transnational Public Spheres: Conceptual Questions -- 6. The Gradual Europeanization Of Public Spheres -- 7. A European Community Of Communication? -- Part III: Consequences -- 8. "Deepening": European Institution-Building -- 9. "Widening": Eu Enlargement And Contested Identities -- 10. European Democracy And Politicization -- Conclusions: Defending Modern Europe -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In A Community of Europeans?, a thoughtful observer of the ongoing project of European integration evaluates the state of the art about European identity and European public spheres. Thomas Risse argues that integration has had profound and long-term effects on the citizens



of EU countries, most of whom now have at least a secondary "European identity" to complement their national identities. Risse also claims that we can see the gradual emergence of transnational European communities of communication. Exploring the outlines of this European identity and of the communicative spaces, Risse sheds light on some pressing questions: What do "Europe" and "the EU" mean in the various public debates? How do European identities and transnational public spheres affect policymaking in the EU? And how do they matter in discussions about enlargement, particularly Turkish accession to the EU? What will be the consequences of the growing contestation and politicization of European affairs for European democracy? This focus on identity allows Risse to address the "democratic deficit" of the EU, the disparity between the level of decision making over increasingly relevant issues for peoples' lives (at the EU) and the level where politics plays itself out-in the member states. He argues that the EU's democratic deficit can only be tackled through politicization and that "debating Europe" might prove the only way to defend modern and cosmopolitan Europe against the increasingly forceful voices of Euroskepticism.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910522988603321

Autore

Denver D. T.

Titolo

Elections and Voters in Britain / / by David Denver, Robert Johns

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022

ISBN

9783030864927

3030864928

Edizione

[5th ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (338 pages)

Disciplina

324.941085

324.941086

Soggetti

Europe - Politics and government

Elections

Communication in politics

World politics

Political leadership

European Politics

Electoral Politics

Political Communication

Political History

Political Leadership

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1.Studying British Elections -- 2.Turnout: Why People Vote (or Don’t) -- 3.The Changing British Party System -- 4.Issues, Policies and Performance -- 5.Party Images and Party Leaders -- 6.Campaigning and the Mass Media -- 7.The Geography of British Elections -- 8.Elections and Electoral Systems -- 9.Referendums -- 10.Elections and Party Choice in Contemporary Britain.

Sommario/riassunto

How do voters in Britain decide which party to vote for in elections? Have age and education replaced class as the social basis for voting? Are elections now ‘presidentialised’, with voters simply choosing between party leaders? What role do the media, new and old, play in all of this? The authors examine these and other questions in the fourth



edition of this popular text. The core of the text is devoted to examining and explaining theories of party choice, including the debate about whether voters are driven more by issues and ideology or by – including the way that and party leaders are now the key determinants of election outcomes – the authors also devote separate chapters to turnout trends and patterns, the media, electoral systems, the geography of party support, and – new to this edition – referendums. Fully revised and with detailed analysis of the 2019 election and the electoral fallout of Brexit, the text incorporates the latest research on elections and voting behaviour, and includes analysis of recent trends and developments – such as the effect of digital media on electoral politics and where recent misfires leave the opinion polls. David Denver is Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of Lancaster, UK. Rob Johns is Professor of Politics in the Department of Government at the University of Essex, UK.