Can Europe Exist Without Europeans? Problems of Identity in a Multinational Community

Citrin, Jack; Sides, John

doi:10.1016/s1479-0661(04)01003-0

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“…We define European identity as a social identity, expressed as the feeling of belonging to the EU (Bruter 2003, Citrin and Sides 2004, Fligstein 2008, Herrmann and Brewer 2004, Risse 2010. A social identity places the individual within the structure of a social group and attaches meaning to this place (Brewer 2001).…”

Section: European Identitymentioning

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Opportunities to learn about Europe at school. A comparative analysis among European adolescents in 21 European member states

Verhaegen

Hooghe

Meeusen

2013

Journal of Curriculum Studies

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In this article, we investigate the relationship between different learning methods and the formation of European identity among adolescents. The analysis is based on the European module of the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (2009), with 70,502 respondents in 21 European member states. The results show that offering opportunities for cognitive learning is more strongly related to European identity than social learning opportunities, i.e. opportunities for interactions with citizens from other European Union member states. The occurrence of an interaction effect between cognitive and social learning strategies, however, suggests that jointly offering both learning strategies can be considered the most effective tool for the formation of a European identity. The multilevel analysis reveals the impact of a more Eurosceptic climate on the country level, suggesting that living in a Eurosceptic member state is related to a weaker European identity among adolescents. We close with some observations on how curricula can contribute to a strengthening of European identity.

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Section: European Identitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Opportunities to learn about Europe at school. A comparative analysis among European adolescents in 21 European member states

Verhaegen

Hooghe

Meeusen

2013

Journal of Curriculum Studies

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“…Hungarians in Slovakia). While in some countries, like the USA, perceptions of national identity among the majority are quite similar to those of minorities (Citrin and Sears ), across other countries there are substantive differences (Staerklé et al. ).…”

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“…Dogan ) have found that national identification is indeed declining in the older member states (EU‐15), while others (e.g. Citrin and Sides ) found that attachment to one's country has remained strong and relatively stable despite the increasing European identity. In this article I will examine the impact of membership in the older European Union member states on national identity, with comparison to globalisation in order to evaluate its distinctive impact.…”

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Globalisation and the decline of national identity? An exploration across sixty‐three countries

Ariely

2012

Nations and Nationalism

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The relationship between globalisation and national identity is puzzling. While some observers have found that globalisation reduces people's identification with their nation, others have reached the opposite conclusion. This article explores this conundrum by examining the relationship between globalisation and people's feelings towards national identity. Using data from the International Social Survey Program National Identity II () and the World Values Survey (), it analyses these relations across sixty‐three countries. Employing a multilevel approach, it investigates how a country's level of globalisation is related to its public perceptions towards different dimensions of national identity. The results suggest that a country's level of globalisation is not related to national identification or nationalism but it is related negatively to patriotism, the willingness to fight for the country and ethnic conceptions of membership in the nation. An examination of alternative explanations indicates that globalisation has a distinct impact on national identity.

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“…Recent research suggests that identity is a powerful influence on public opinion on European integration (Carey, 2002;Diez Medrano, 2003;Citrin and Sides, 2004;de Vries and Van Kersbergen, this issue). We expect that individuals with an ascriptive, ethnic notion of identity will be inclined to Euroscepticism, while those with a non-ascriptive, civic notion of national identity will tend to be more supportive of European integration (Hooghe and Marks, 2005;McLaren, 2006).…”

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Does Occupation Shape Attitudes on Europe? Benchmarking Validity and Parsimony

2007

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Occupation lies behind many models of individual economic interest, and individual economic interest lies behind most rational accounts of preferences. This article investigates the causal influence of occupation for Euroscepticism. Employing data from the 2003 International Social Science Survey Program, we find that (a) identity and occupation exert independent effects, (b) estimates of the total effect of these variables vary across countries in an explicable way, (c) political framing by political parties influences whether Euroscepticism is related to occupation or identity, and (d) reliability is a serious issue in measuring occupational location.

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Can Europe Exist Without Europeans? Problems of Identity in a Multinational Community

Cited by 48 publications

References 12 publications

Opportunities to learn about Europe at school. A comparative analysis among European adolescents in 21 European member states

Opportunities to learn about Europe at school. A comparative analysis among European adolescents in 21 European member states

Globalisation and the decline of national identity? An exploration across sixty‐three countries

Does Occupation Shape Attitudes on Europe? Benchmarking Validity and Parsimony

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