LEADER 04509nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910460053103321 005 20210512232923.0 010 $a0-8014-5918-4 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801459184 035 $a(CKB)2670000000078977 035 $a(OCoLC)744545752 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10457713 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138091 035 $a(OCoLC)972505607 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse58519 035 $a(DE-B1597)503383 035 $a(OCoLC)1059275554 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801459184 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138091 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10457713 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL823637 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000078977 100 $a20091109d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA community of Europeans?$b[electronic resource] $etransnational identities and public spheres /$fThomas Risse 210 $aIthaca $cCornell University Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (303 p.) 225 1 $aCornell paperbacks 311 $a0-8014-7648-8 311 $a0-8014-4663-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tFigures --$tAcknowledgments --$tAbbreviations --$tIntroduction: The Europeanization Of Identities And Public Spheres --$tPart I: An Emerging European Identity? --$t1. Collective Identities: Conceptual And Methodological Questions --$t2. Multiple Europes: The Europeanization Of Citizens' Identities --$t3. Modern Europe And Its Discontents: The Europeanization Of Elite Identities --$t4. Europeanization Of National Identities: Explanations --$tPart II: An Emerging European Public Sphere? --$t5. Transnational Public Spheres: Conceptual Questions --$t6. The Gradual Europeanization Of Public Spheres --$t7. A European Community Of Communication? --$tPart III: Consequences --$t8. "Deepening": European Institution-Building --$t9. "Widening": Eu Enlargement And Contested Identities --$t10. European Democracy And Politicization --$tConclusions: Defending Modern Europe --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $aIn A Community of Europeans?, a thoughtful observer of the ongoing project of European integration evaluates the state of the art about European identity and European public spheres. Thomas Risse argues that integration has had profound and long-term effects on the citizens of EU countries, most of whom now have at least a secondary "European identity" to complement their national identities. Risse also claims that we can see the gradual emergence of transnational European communities of communication. Exploring the outlines of this European identity and of the communicative spaces, Risse sheds light on some pressing questions: What do "Europe" and "the EU" mean in the various public debates? How do European identities and transnational public spheres affect policymaking in the EU? And how do they matter in discussions about enlargement, particularly Turkish accession to the EU? What will be the consequences of the growing contestation and politicization of European affairs for European democracy? This focus on identity allows Risse to address the "democratic deficit" of the EU, the disparity between the level of decision making over increasingly relevant issues for peoples' lives (at the EU) and the level where politics plays itself out-in the member states. He argues that the EU's democratic deficit can only be tackled through politicization and that "debating Europe" might prove the only way to defend modern and cosmopolitan Europe against the increasingly forceful voices of Euroskepticism. 410 0$aCornell paperbacks. 606 $aGroup identity$zEurope 606 $aTransnationalism$xSocial aspects$zEurope 606 $aSocial integration$zEurope 606 $aNationalism$zEurope 606 $aEuropean federation$xPublic opinion 606 $aPublic opinion$zEurope 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aGroup identity 615 0$aTransnationalism$xSocial aspects 615 0$aSocial integration 615 0$aNationalism 615 0$aEuropean federation$xPublic opinion. 615 0$aPublic opinion 676 $a305.80094 700 $aRisse-Kappen$b Thomas$0259583 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460053103321 996 $aA community of Europeans$92477938 997 $aUNINA