The Changing Face of European Identity: A Seven-Nation Study of (Supra)National Attachments (Routledge Advances in European Politics)

Drawing upon systematic research using Q Methodology in seven countries - Denmark, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Netherlands and Sweden - this volume presents the results of the most extensive effort yet at cross-cultural, subjective assessment of national and supranational identity. The studies attempt to explain how the European Union, as the most visible experiment in mass national identity change in the contemporary world, influences how Europeans think about their political affiliations. This Is The First Book To Provide An In-depth, Methodologically Focused, Cross-cultural Study Of Subjective Notions Of National Versus Supranational Identity In Europe. It Will Be Of Great Interest To Students And Researchers In Politics, Sociology And Social Psychology.--jacket. Introduction : National Versus Supranational Identity In Europe / Richard Robyn -- Methodology / Richard Robyn -- Beyond Duality : Danes' Views On Denmark And The European Union 2001 / Kim Christian Schroder, Soren Esben Hansen -- Being In Europe : Pluralism And Patriotism In England And Scotland / Una Mccormack -- Supranational Identity Emerging In France : Nationalism Submergent / Richard Robyn -- Steadfastly European? : German (supra)national Identity In A Rapidly Changing Europe / De Forest W. Colegrove -- Italian Multiple Identities : The Italian Perception Of National And European Belonging / Andrea Pitasi, Michela Marchionni, Maria Francesca Massoni -- European Identity Frames In The Netherlands / Christ'l De Landtsheer, Craig Carroll, Ralph Hekscher -- Northern Ireland, Identities And Europe / John Barry -- Being A Swede In A Transforming European Setting : The Structures Of An Emerging Swedish Supranational Identity In The Twenty-first Century / Daniel Silander, Charlotte Wallin -- Conclusion / Richard Robyn. Edited By Richard Robyn. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 6 Copyright......Page 7 Contents......Page 8 1 Introduction: national versus supranational identity in Europe......Page 16 2 Methodology......Page 32 3 Beyond duality......Page 52 4 Being in Europe......Page 79 5 Supranational identity emerging in France......Page 106 6 Steadfastly European?......Page 130 7 Italian multiple identities......Page 155 8 European identity frames in the Netherlands......Page 174 9 Northern Ireland, identities and Europe......Page 201 10 Being a Swede in a transforming European setting......Page 222 11 Conclusion......Page 242 Index......Page 251