Experiencing European integration : transnational lives and European identity / Theresa Kuhn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kuhn, Theresa, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Union--Public opinion.

European Union.

Social aspects.

Public opinion.

Europe--Economic integration--Public opinion.

Europe.

Europe--Economic integration--Social aspects.

Group identity--European Union countries.

Group identity.

European Union countries.

Public opinion--European Union countries.

Transnationalism.

Physical Description:

xvii, 189 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Summary:

European integration has generated a wide array of economic, political, and social opportunities beyond the nation state. European citizens are free to obtain their academic degree in Germany, earn their money in London, invest it in Luxembourg, and retire to Spain. An early theorist of European integration, Karl Deutsch expected this development to promote a collective identity and public support for European integration: by interacting across borders, Europeans would become aware of their shared values and beliefs, and eventually acquire a common we feeling. Experiencing European Integration puts these expectations under scrutiny by developing a comprehensive theoretical model that helps us understand how transnational interactions relate to orientations towards European integration. An extensive analysis of survey data covering the 27 EU member states provides a thorough empirical test of transactionlist hypotheses. Findings show that individual transnationalism indeed strongly and positively influences EU support, but that only a young, wealthy, and highly educated minority take part in cross-border interactions. The book further shows that the effectiveness of transnational interactions in generating EU support is contingent on a number of factors such as their purpose and scope. Importantly, increased transnational interactions result in negative externalities among those who do not become transnationally active themselves. By discussing the implications of transnationalism for the theoretical debate and current policy, this volume will provide a unique analysis of a Key dynamic of European integration. Book jacket.

Contents:

Transnationalism

Linking transnationalism to citizen orientations towards European integration

Being and feeling European : the effect of individual transnationalism on EU support and European identity

The social stratification of individual transnationalism in Europe

Transactionalist theory under further empirical scrutiny : purpose and scope of interactions

The Janus face of increased transactions

Transnational Europhiles, local Eurosceptics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-184) and index.

Formerly CIP.

ISBN:

9780199688913

0199688915

OCLC:

904588879