United in diversity? : European integration and political cultures / edited by Ekavi Athanassopoulou.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Athanassopoulou, Ekavi.

Eleni Nakou Foundation.

Series:

Library of European studies ; 2.

LES ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European federation--Congresses.

European federation.

Political culture--Europe--Congresses.

Political culture.

Europe.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : I.B. Tauris ; New York, NY : In the United States and Canada distributed by Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Summary:

At a time when the European Union is further expanding and countries such as Turkey are being accepted for eventual membership, the question of what is meant by a unified Europe and how that might be achieved has never been more pressing. Europe is more than a system of rules and political institutions that regulate European citizenship: it is also a space of political traditions, political experiences and cultural memories. Can political integration ever be realised without an understanding and acceptance of the complexity of the political cultures that make up Europe In this important volume, well known European scholars from a diversity of backgrounds explore the issues that must be addressed if the challenge of an integrated Europe is to be successfully met.

Contents:

1 Same Words, Different Language: Political Cultures and European Integration / Ekavi Athanassopoulou 3

Part I Political Culture and National Identity in Europe

2 The Impact of Myths and Constructed Memories on European Political Cultures / Herman van der Wusten 17

3 The Political Cultures of Europe in Historical Context / Miroslav Hroch 39

4 Modernity and Political Culture: Ulrich Beck's Theory of a Cosmopolitan Europe / J. Peter Burgess 51

Part II Europe's Nation-States and their Political Cultures

5 The Political Cultures of Europe in a Historical Context: Northwestern Europe / Richard Vincent Comerford 71

6 Comparing Political Cultures in Germany and the Netherlands / Ton Nijhuis 85

7 Cooperation Among Equals: Political Culture in the Nordic Countries / Uffe Ostergard 105

8 Political Culture, European Integration: Dilemmas of Southern Europe / James Edward Miller 131

9 The Balkan Political Culture in Historical Perspective / Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, Andrei Pippidi 165

Part III European Diversity and Integration

10 State, Linguistic and Cultural Diversity in Europe / John Loughlin 187

11 Political Culture(s) and European Integration: The Role of Institutions and Society / George Schopflin 223

12 Political Cultures, Markets, Money, and EMU / Loukas Tsoukalis 231

13 Economic Cultures, States, Money, and EMU / Erik Holm 247.

Notes:

"The 2003 conference was the sixth such symposium organised by the Eleni Nakou Foundation."--P. viii.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1845112326

9781845112325

OCLC:

145554692