Being both – A European and a national citizen? Comparing young people’s identification with Europe and their home country across eight European countries

Landberg, Monique; Eckstein, Katharina; Mikolajczyk, Clara; Mejias, Sam; Macek, Petr; Motti‐Stefanidi, Frosso; Enchikova, Ekaterina; Guarino, Antonella; Rämmer, Andu; Noack, Peter

doi:10.1080/17405629.2017.1391087

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“…The Treaty of Maastricht introduced the notion of “a citizenship of the Union,” a form of supranational identity. This supranational nationality, paralleling a multiple identity, allows European citizens to identify with both the EU and their own national state (Landberg et al, 2018). Therefore, a definition of EU active citizenship should also consider identification as European.…”

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Evaluation of an Active Citizenship Intervention Based on Youth-Led Participatory Action Research

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Youth-led participatory action research (YPAR) is a theoretical–methodological approach that has been designed to promote positive development (e.g., well-being and health, social–emotional and cognitive development, academic or career advancement) and civic engagement among young people. Although YPAR holds particular promise, there has been little systematic assessment of its effects. Moreover, no study has investigated the role of YPAR in the promotion of active citizenship. We report on an effectiveness evaluation of a YPAR project designed to promote European active citizenship (i.e., identification and attitudes toward a political entity, institutional trust, participation, and political alienation) and social well-being among adolescents. Our sample included 69 Italian high school students (35 in the intervention group; 34 in the control group). We evaluated the impact of YPAR using a pretest–posttest control group design and fitting the generalized estimating equations procedure. The results showed that participants in the intervention group reported increased scores on social well-being, institutional trust, and participation and decreased scores on political alienation compared with the control group. We found no significant effects for identification as European and attitudes toward a political entity. Findings support the benefits of YPAR in terms of social well-being and active citizenship.

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“…Several authors have pointed out that people's political identities, i.e. their ideas of citizenship, begin to take shape at these ages (Oonk, 2014;Landberg et al, 2018). The subjects analysed here are those that deal directly with topics relating to civic education and with improving children's knowledge and understanding of the EU and European citizenship.…”

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Creating European citizens through citizenship, geography, and history education: a temporal and regional analysis of the Spanish curriculum

García-Álvarez¹,

Arias-García²

2022

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The European Dimension in Education (EDE) is a policy promoted by the Council of Europe and the European Union that aims to foster active, critical citizenship based on common democratic values. It is also associated with the idea of promoting better knowledge of the European Union and of the concept of European citizenship. Ever since the policy was initially launched, EU Member States have been trying to add a European dimension to their education systems, although little progress has been made. In this paper, we study the way EDE has been integrated into the Spanish education system. Our research is based on an analysis of the national and regional curricula for Social Sciences (Geography, History) and Citizenship Education in compulsory secondary education, as these are the main subjects within which Spanish students are taught civic education. Results showed few signs of progress in the integration of EDE into the Spanish curriculum. In fact, a regressive trend was observed in some cases. The curriculum has varied a lot over the years in line above all with the ideology of the national government. It has also varied considerably across Spain’s different regions, which play an important role in the inclusion of EDE contents in the curriculum. The inclusion of specific subjects on Citizenship Education has provided a considerable boost to the integration of EDE into the Spanish curriculum. However, EU-related content is usually scarce and is never considered as important as content explaining the Spanish political system, citizenship, geography and history. Our paper concludes that a stronger European focus in the national curriculum would be highly recommended, so as to fully embrace EDE. In addition, a cross-party consensus should be reached on citizenship education and its contents, stressing the important role it can play as a separate subject.

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“…Estudios previos sugieren que la media de edad a la que una persona comienza a identificarse con Europa es a los 11 años (Ross, 1999) y que se mantiene una identidad regional relativamente estable durante la adolescencia media, tardía y primeros años de la edad adulta (Agirdag et al, 2012;Greischel, Noack y Neyer, 2018). Sin embargo, la relación existente entre la construcción o no de una identidad europea y la edad de los chicos y chicas resulta ser un aspecto clave para el que no se tienen resultados unánimes: mientras que algunos estudios apuntan a un menor sentido de pertenencia o de identificación europea entre los más jóvenes (Green, 2007), otros sugieren que son más propensos a percibirse a sí mismos como ciudadanos europeos en comparación con lo que sienten las personas mayores (Citrin y Sides, 2004;Fligstein, 2009;Landberg et al, 2018).…”

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“…Given that the challenge is presented in a broad temporal dimension, young people have a predominant role because the task is visualized as belonging to future generations. However, the relationship between the construction or not of a European identity and the age of the boys and girls turns out to be a key aspect for which there are no unanimous results: while some studies point to a lesser sense of belonging or European identification among younger people (Green, 2007), others suggest that they are more likely to perceive themselves as European citizens compared to what older people feel (Citrin & Sides, 2004;Fligstein, 2009;Landberg et al, 2018).…”

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Construyendo la Identidad Europea: una Mirada a las Actitudes Juveniles y al Papel de la Educación

Viejo

Gómez-López

Ortega-Ruíz

2018

Psicología Educativa

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This study aims to advance in the understanding of the process of forming a European identity in stages prior to adulthood. A sample of 268 young Spaniards between 16 and 25 years old participated, answering questions about the future of Europe and their own future. The results showed that this population shows a high sensitivity to democratic values, consideration of cultural diversity, and respect for human rights. Education emerges as a way of responding to the challenges that these values represent. Age only affects some elements, but it is possible to identify two differentiated profiles: young people with a moderate identification with Europe and young people who feel more strongly linked to the common European project. These results show a profile of youth who are quite identified with the idea of a united Europe and who think of education as a way of socialization and approximation to a common culture and social project.

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Being both – A European and a national citizen? Comparing young people’s identification with Europe and their home country across eight European countries

Abstract: Noack (2017): Being both-A European and a national citizen? Comparing young people's identification with Europe and their home country across eight European countries, European Journal of Developmental Psychology,

Cited by 17 publications

References 32 publications

Evaluation of an Active Citizenship Intervention Based on Youth-Led Participatory Action Research

Evaluation of an Active Citizenship Intervention Based on Youth-Led Participatory Action Research

Creating European citizens through citizenship, geography, and history education: a temporal and regional analysis of the Spanish curriculum

Construyendo la Identidad Europea: una Mirada a las Actitudes Juveniles y al Papel de la Educación

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