Citizens of Europe? : The Emergence of a Mass European Identity

citizens Of Europe? Looks At The Emergence Of A New Mass European Identity, And At The Way Symbols Of European Integration And The Mass Media Have Shaped And Influenced It. It Provides New And Unprecedented Empirical Evidence On The Progress Of European Identity In A Comparative Perspective Between The 1970's And Today, But Also In Depth Quantitative Evidence On The Effects Of Symbols Of Europe And The Media On Citizens' Identity In Britain, France, And The Netherlands, And Qualitative Evidence Based On Focus Groups On What Europe Means To Citizens. Front Matter....Pages i-xvi What is Identity?....Pages 1-21 Front Matter....Pages 23-23 The Model and Research Design: Institutions? Media? And the Development of a Mass European Identity....Pages 25-40 Institutions and the Formation of Mass Identities in New Political Communities - Four ‘Lessons From The Past’ (United Kingdom, Austria, Israel, and the United States of America)....Pages 41-57 With Aforethought? Institutions, Symbols, and the Quest for a New Identity in Europe....Pages 58-98 Front Matter....Pages 99-99 Who Feels European? Measurement of European Identity and Differences Across Individuals....Pages 101-122 News, Symbols, and European Identity....Pages 123-133 1970–2000 — The Emergence of a Mass European Identity....Pages 134-149 On What it Means to ‘Be European’: Making Citizens Talk About ‘Europe’ and ‘Europeanness’....Pages 150-165 Conclusions: Institutions and the Emergence of a Mass European Identity — Lessons for the Future....Pages 166-178 Back Matter....Pages 179-221 Citizens of Europe? examines the fascinating emergence of a new European identity: how fast is it emerging? What have been the roles of the media and public institutions in fostering or impeding it? What does this mean for ordinary European citizens? This book shows empirically for the first time how a mass European identity has emerged across the EU member states between 1970 and the present day. Beyond this novel approach, it also offers a whole new theory of political identities, based on two 'civic' and 'cultural' components. Michael Bruter shows how multiple identities reinforce - rather than exclude - each other, and studies in depth the unsuspected impact of the media and political institutions on the emergence of new political identities "Citizens of Europe? examines the emergence of a new European identity: how fast is it emerging? What have been the roles of the media and public institutions in fostering or impeding it? What does this mean for ordinary European citizens? This book shows empirically for the first time how a mass European identity has emerged across the EU member-States between 1970 and the present day. Beyond this novel approach, it also offers a whole new theory of political identities, based on two 'civic' and 'cultural' components. Michael Bruter shows how multiple identities reinforce - rather than exclude - each other, and studies in depth the unsuspected impact of the media and political institutions on the emergence of new political identities."--Jacket This title looks at the emergence of a new mass European identity, and at the way symbols of European integration and the mass media have shaped and influenced it. It provides empirical evidence on the progress of European identity in a comparative perspective between the 1970s and today