Citizenship and collective identity in Europe / Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karolewski, Ireneusz Paweł.

Series:

Routledge advances in European politics ; 59.

Routledge advances in European politics ; 59

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Citizenship--European Union countries.

Citizenship.

European Union countries.

Group identity--European Union countries.

Group identity.

European Union.

Physical Description:

x, 253 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.

Summary:

This book is the first monograph to systematically explore the relationship between citizenship and collective identity in the European Union, integrating two fields of research-citizenship and collective identify.

Karolewski argues that various types of citizenship correlate with differing collective identities and demonstrates the link between citizenship and collective identity. He constructs three generic models of citizenship including the republican, the liberal and the caesarean citizenship to which he ascribes types of collective identity. Using a multidisciplinary approach, the book integrates concepts, theories and empirical findings from sociology (in the field of citizenship research), social psychology (in the field of collective identity), legal studies (in the chapter on the European Charter of Fundamental Rights), security studies (in the chapter on the politics of insecurity) and philosophy (in the chapter on pathologies of deliberation) to examine the current trends of European citizenship and European identity politics.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars of European politics, political theory, political philosophy, sociology and social psychology.

Contents:

1 The conceptual dimension of citizenship 7

The semantic core of citizenship 8

The relationship between the components of citizenship 14

Citizenship-collective identity nexus 20

2 Collective identity and its functions 23

Cognitive function of collective identity 24

Self esteem booster function 27

Political junctions of collective identity 33

Recapitulation 43

3 The debate on European identity in the functional perspective 45

Cognitive function and European identity 46

Self-esteem booster function and European identity 54

Political functions of European identity 62

Recapitulation 70

4 Reconceptualizing the citizenship-collective identity nexus 72

Deficits of the functional approaches to collective identity 72

Framing the argument 82

Recapitulation 105

5 European citizenship and European collective identity 107

The development of European citizenship 107

Republican citizenship and the pathologies of deliberation 110

Liberal citizenship and European identity through rights 127

Caesarean citizenship and the European politics of insecurity 143

Recapitulation 164.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415496582

0415496586

9780203872260

0203872266

OCLC:

311036590