Overview
- Analyzes the development and determinants of a common European identity
- Develops a comprehensive model for explaining individual identification with Europe
- Explores the implications of two turning points in the recent history of EU integration, namely the EU’s enlargement and the Eurozone crisis
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Front Matter
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About this book
What makes people identify with Europe? To answer this question, this book analyzes the development and determinants of a common European identity among EU citizens from the Maastricht Treaty in 1992 to the recent financial and economic crisis. The author examines citizens’ identification with Europe for all EU member states, and systematically explores the theoretical and empirical implications of two turning points in the recent history of EU integration, namely the EU’s enlargement to Central and Eastern Europe in 2004/2007 and the financial and economic crisis that started in 2008.
The book integrates theoretical approaches to European identity in sociology, social-psychology and EU public opinion research in a comprehensive model for explaining individual identification with Europe. The empirical analysis employs a multilevel framework to systematically assess the influence of individual characteristics and the political, economic, and social context on citizens’ feelings of identity. The long analysis period spanning from 1992 to the present allows inferences to be drawn about the long-term developments in the sources of European identification as well as the immediate impact of EU enlargement and the crisis on the determinants of European identification.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dr Stephanie Bergbauer works in the Directorate-General for International and European Relations at the European Central Bank. She holds a PhD in Political Science from Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz and previously graduated from the University of Oxford, Sciences Po Bordeaux and the University of Stuttgart. Her research interests focus on EU public opinion, public support for European integration and the socio-cultural underpinnings of political and economic integration at EU level.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Explaining European Identity Formation
Book Subtitle: Citizens’ Attachment from Maastricht Treaty to Crisis
Authors: Stephanie Bergbauer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67708-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-67707-1Published: 02 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88472-1Published: 25 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-67708-8Published: 24 October 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 253
Number of Illustrations: 22 b/w illustrations
Topics: European Union Politics, European Integration, Political Sociology, Comparative Politics, European Politics