ISBN: 9780199580859

ISBN-13: 9780199580859, 978-0199580859. Older, poorer, less educated, and blue-collar citizens have benefited less. They have maintained national. Euroclash Please note: this item is p… Mehr…

ISBN-13: 9780199580859, 978-0199580859. Older, poorer, less educated, and blue-collar citizens have benefited less. They have maintained national. Euroclash Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days).The EU, European Identity, and the Future of EuropeAuthor(s): Neil FligsteinFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Oxford University Press, United KingdomImprint: Oxford University PressISBN-13: 9780199580859, 978-0199580859SynopsisThe European Union's market integration project has dramatically altered economic activity around Europe. This book presents extensive evidence on how trade has increased, jobs have been created, and European business has been reorganized. The changes in the economy have been accompanied by dramatic changes in how people from different societies interact. This book argues provocatively that these changes have produced a truly transnational-European-society. The book explores the nature of that society and its relationship to the creation of a European identity, popular culture, and politics. Much of the current political conflict around Europe can be attributed to who is and who is not involved in European society. Business owners, managers, professionals, white-collar workers, the educated, and the young have all benefited from European economic integration, specifically by interacting more and more with their counterparts in other societies.They tend to think of themselves as Europeans. Older, poorer, less educated, and blue-collar citizens have benefited less. They view the EU as intrusive on national sovereignty, or they fear its pro-business orientation will overwhelm the national welfare states. They have maintained nationalidentities. There is a third group of mainly-middle class citizens who see the EU in mostly positive terms and sometimes-but not always-think of themselves as Europeans. It is this swing group that is most critical for the future of the European project. If they favor more European cooperation, politicians will oblige. But, if they prefer that policies remain wedded to the nation, European cooperation will stall., Neu, Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], Book Title: Euroclash, Publication Year: 2009, Type: Study Guide, Subject Area: Regional History, Country, Language: English, Publication Name: Euroclash: the Eu, European Identity, and the Future of Europe, Item Height: 233mm, Item Width: 155mm, Item Weight: 451g, Number of Pages: 304 Pages, Oxford University Press<