Europolis : constitutional patriotism beyond the nation-state
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Europolis : constitutional patriotism beyond the nation-state
(Europe in change)
Manchester University Press , Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2006
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-202) and index
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Description
This book offers a highly original approach to European integration by synthesising contemporary discussions about identity and institutions of the European Union with a theoretical approach to intercultural understanding.
In the growing literature on European integration there is still a lack of understanding of the key political elements of this integration. In this study the author takes what is one of the most obvious assumptions about European integration - namely, that it involves convergence toward a common political identity, along with a common market - and argues that a continuously 'translated' and 'negotiated' divergence in identities is not only a more likely outcome, but could also be more beneficial for the eventual formation of a European public sphere and, hence, a viable and legitimate democracy on a continental scale. Nanz presents the idea of a European public sphere as a multiplicity of ongoing cross-cultural civic dialogues, which may serve as a conceptual tool for current research on new forms of European governance arrangements. -- .
Table of Contents
Part I. The European public sphere - and why bother?
1. Introduction
2. Against the mainstream: two ways of conceptualising European political integration
Part II. The multiple voices of Europe: Theoretical perspectives
3. Toward a dialogical theory of the public sphere
4. Multiculturalism: the exploration of difference
5. 'Multicultural literacy': questions of translatability
6. A situated constitutional patriotism beyond the nation state
Part III. European identity without a demos? Empirical perspectives
7. Self and citizenship: a qualitative approach to European identity
8. Voices of migrants
9. Conclusion: Self and politics in the new Europe
Bibliography -- .
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