Transnational Identities Becoming European in the EU

by Herrmann, Richard K.; Risse, Thomas; Brewer, Marilynn B.; Breakwell, Glynis M.; Brute, Michael; Castano, Emanuele; Citrin, Jack; Laffan, Brigid; Meinhof, Ulrike Hanna; Monnet, Jean; Mummendey, Amélie; Siapera, Eugenia; Sides, John; Waldzus, Sven; Wodak, R

• ISBN13: 9780742530065
• ISBN10: 074253006X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-05-17
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

This original work explores the increasingly important phenomenon of the formation of transnational identity. Considering the ongoing relevance of the European Union, the contributors ask a series of intriguing questions: Is a European identity possible?

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
1 Identities and Institutions: Becoming European in the EU	1	(24)
Richard Herrmann and Marilynn B. Brewer
Part I The Social Psychology of Identity Change
2 Identity Change in the Context of the Growing Influence of European Union Institutions	25	(15)
Glynis M. Breakwell
3 European Identity: A Social-Psychological Perspective	40	(19)
Emanuele Castano
4 National Differences and European Plurality: Discrimination or Tolerance between European Countries	59	(16)
Amelie Mummendey and Sven Waldzus
Part II Identity within the EU Institutions at the Elite Level
5 The European Union and Its Institutions as "Identity Builders"	75	(22)
Brigid Laffan
6 National and Transnational Identities: European and Other Identities Constructed in Interviews with EU Officials	97	(32)
Ruth Wodak
7 EU Correspondents in Brussels: Between Europe and the Nation-State	129	(32)
Eugenia Siapera
Part III European Identity among Non-elites
8 More than Nationals: How Identity Choice Matters in the New Europe	161	(25)
Jack Citrin and John Sides
9 Civic and Cultural Components of a European Identity: A Pilot Model of Measurement of Citizens' Levels of European Identity	186	(28)
Michael Bruter
10 Europe Viewed from Below: Agents, Victims, and the Threat of the Other	214	(33)
Ulrike Hanna Meinhof
Part IV Comparisons and Lessons
11 European Institutions and Identity Change: What Have We Learned?	247	(26)
Thomas Risse
References	273	(22)
Index	295	(8)
About the Contributors	303