Title Political allegiance after European integration / Jonathan White

Published Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 266 pages) : illustrations, map Series Palgrave studies in European Union politics Palgrave studies in European Union politics. Contents Political Community and the Bonds of Collectivity -- Studying the Allegiances of Europeans -- Articulations of the Political Common -- On Subjects, Opponents and Counterparts -- The Credibility of Political Projects -- The Place of Europe and the EU -- European Integration off the Meter -- Methodological Appendix Summary Decades of co-rule have left EU citizens with attachments more complex than labels like 'European' or 'national identity' would suggest. But what kind of ties should we be looking for? How can they be studied, and where does their democratic significance lie? This book combines a conceptual elaboration of the political bond with a sociological study of commonsense suppositions, based on interviews with groups of taxi-drivers in Germany, Britain and the Czech Republic. The author investigates allegiance not in directly-solicited views on European matters but in the expectations and reference-points evoked spontaneously in political discussion. A willingness to take the transnational view on many issues is clear. But how those issues are understood raises doubts about their European dimensions and scepticism about the possibilities for addressing them. Without changes in the way politics is conceived, arguments for the European polity are likely to ring hollow, and with them the formal ties of EU citizenship "How should political community be seen in the context of European integration? This book combines a theoretical treatment of political allegiance with a study of ordinary citizens, examining how taxi-drivers in Britain, Germany and the Czech Republic talk politics and situate themselves relative to political institutions and other citizens"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Allegiance -- European Union countries European federation. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Nationalism. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Globalization. Allegiance European federation Europese integratie. Identiteit. European Union countries Form Electronic book ISBN 9780230307193 0230307191 1349327050 9781349327058

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