European Identity in the Context of National Identity Questions of Identity in 16 European Countries on the Wake of the Financial Crisis 2007 and 2009

by Westle, Bettina; Segatti, Paolo

• ISBN13: 9780191796937
• ISBN10: 019179693X
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2016-06-21
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Bettina Westle, Professor of Political Science, Philipps-University in Marburg,Paolo Segatti, Professor of Political Sociology, Universita degli Studi di Milano

Bettina Westle is Professor of Political Science at the Philipps-University in Marburg, Germany. Her research interests include political culture, political behaviour, social and political capital, and migration and political socialisation.

Paolo Segatti is Professor of Political Sociology at the Universita degli Studi di Milano. His research interested include political culture, political behaviour, national identity, and religion and politics.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction, Paolo Segatti and Bettina Westle
2. National and European Identity of Elites, Borbala Goncz and Gyorgy Lengyel
3. Sub-national and National Territorial Identification, Christian Schnaudt, Stefanie Walter, and Sebastian A. Popa
4. National and European Identification - their Relationship and its Determinants, Bettina Westle and Roman Graf Buchheim
5. National and European Meanings of Identities, Simona Guglielmi and Cristiano Vezzoni
6. Unpacking the Components of National Identity and Their Effects on Identification with Europe, Paolo Segatti and Simona Guglielmi
7. The Relationship between European Identity and National Identity, Party Identification and Ideological Orientation, Radoslaw Markowski and Michal Kotnarowski
8. Sword or a Shield? Globalization, European Integration, and Public Opinion, Pierangelo Isernia and Maurizio Cotta
9. Trust Towards Other People: Co-nationals, Europeans, People Outside Europe, Bettina Westle and Tuuli-Marja Kleiner
10. The Consequences of European Identity, Fabio Serricchio and Paolo Bellucci
11. Conclusions, Bettina Westle and Paolo Segatti