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The Building of Civil Europe 1951–1972

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Authors:
  1. Stefanie Pukallus

    1. Department of Journalism Studies, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

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  • Argues that the civil dimension of European integration was equal in importance to economic and political factors

  • Takes a unique methodological approach, analysing over 400 political speeches made between 1951-1972

  • Evaluates the success and limitations of several key civil initiatives in practice

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. The European Commission Officials and the Building of Civil Europe

    • Stefanie Pukallus
    Pages 1-62

  3. Defining Civil Europe and European Civil Consciousness 1951–1972

    • Stefanie Pukallus
    Pages 63-121

  4. Civil Integration Through Education: The Building of European Schools

    • Stefanie Pukallus
    Pages 123-171

  5. Europe on Display: The European Coal and Steel Community’s Participation in Expo 58

    • Stefanie Pukallus
    Pages 173-218

  6. ‘Our Europe’: The Representation of Civil Europe in the Community’s Documentaries

    • Stefanie Pukallus
    Pages 219-289

  7. Conclusion: Civil Europe—European Commission Officials as Fabulous Artificers, the European General Public and Complementary Identities

    • Stefanie Pukallus
    Pages 291-306

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 307-318
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About this book

This book argues that early European Commission officials envisaged an integrated civil Europe from the outset. Largely overlooked is the fact that between 1951 and 1972 there was a group of European Commission (and before that the High Authority) officials who wished to build a Civil Europe to sit alongside an economic and political Europe. This Civil Europe was, it was hoped, to become home to a European citizenry equipped with a European civil consciousness that complemented their national and local loyalties. To this end these officials pioneered a series of civil initiatives designed to begin the process of building Civil Europe. This book analyses three such civil initiatives: the building of the first European School, the European Community’s participation in Expo 58 and the production of the European Community’s own documentaries.  From the start Europe was designed and conceived of in terms of a European general civil public and not solely in terms dictated by economic and political interests. 

Reviews

“The book helps us to understand more about a concrete issue of European integration in a specific period. It is well structured and very well documented with a variety of sources. It is of interest to EU studies scholars and to the general public interested in the history of the EU.” (Alice Cunha, JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 57 (6), November, 2019)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Journalism Studies, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

    Stefanie Pukallus

About the author

Stefanie Pukallus is Lecturer at the University of Sheffield, UK, and Co-Director of Research at the Centre for Freedom of the Media (CFOM). Her research focuses on the civil dimension of European integration and its public communication. Previous publications include Representations of European Citizenship since 1951 (Palgrave, 2016).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Building of Civil Europe 1951–1972

  • Authors: Stefanie Pukallus

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03267-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-03266-1Published: 10 December 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-03267-8Published: 27 November 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 318

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: History of Modern Europe, Modern History, Political History, European Union Politics, Cultural History

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