Europe in love : binational couples and cosmopolitan society / Juan Díez Medrano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Díez Medrano, Juan, author.

Series:

Routledge advances in sociology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--European Union countries.

Nationalism.

Dual nationality--European Union countries.

Dual nationality.

Married people--European Union countries.

Married people.

Cosmopolitanism--European Union countries.

Cosmopolitanism.

Transnationalism.

European Union countries.

Physical Description:

xviii, 223 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.

Summary:

"Inter-marriage both reflects and brings social change. This book draws on a unique survey to randomly selected samples of national and European binational couples to demonstrate that the latter are core cells of a future European society. Unrestricted freedom of movement has enabled a rise in the number of lower-class and middle-class binational couples between Europeans. Euro-couples fully integrate in their host cities but secure less support in solving everyday problems than do national ones, partly because of a relatively small network of relatives living close-by. Embeddedness in a dense international network and a cosmopolitan outlook also distinguish them from national couples. The book challenges the view of cosmopolitanism as exclusively middle-class and highlights contrasts between lower-class and middle-class binational couples. Furthermore, it shows that social cosmopolitanism among binational couples is not matched by a commensurate weaker national identification that would enhance support to a more federal Europe. This book is primarily addressed to the general public interested in contemporary European society and to academics interested in inter-marriage. Since the chapters are quasi stand-alone pieces devoted to specific topics, it provides suitable reading material for social stratification, social networks, civil society, popular culture, and European integration undergraduate and graduate courses"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Díez Medrano, Juan. Europe in love

ISBN:

9780367478568

0367478560

9780367478575

0367478579

OCLC:

1136873127