The constitution of a European demos with a collective identity is one of the preconditions for adjusting the legitimacy problem of the European Union (EU). The analysis attempts to clarify empirically whether there is sufficient commonality regarding Europeans‘ political value orientations to substantiate a collective identity. Particularly in view of the European Union’s eastward enlargement, the question arises whether widespread cultural heterogeneity in Europe allows the formation of a European demos at all. In Europe we can identify a West-East axis of political value orientations. Democratic attitudes decrease the further to the East while at the same time there is an increase in etatist orientations. Thresholds can be observed which...
During the last two decades the citizens’ trust in the European Union (EU) has decreased. It has bee...
The point the European Union, idealized with respect to being European or Europeanising, has reache...
With EU enlargement, peculiar Central European ideas and traditions of integration emerged in Europe...
"The constitution of a European demos with a collective identity is one of the preconditions for adj...
In the construction of a new political, economic, and security architecture in Europe, both the Euro...
The European public’s identification with Europe, or more specifically, the European Union, is neces...
The level and scope of European Union (EU) integration activities are showing the aspects of civiliz...
AbstractIn our analysis we argue that the EU eastern enlargement did not result in significant chang...
Abstract. The 'return to Europe' of the new member states of the European Union is widely ...
The problem of European identity is often analysed from the perspective of the European unity. From ...
[Introduction]. As a citizen of Germany, I have seen the transformation initiated through German uni...
This paper focus on European attitudes in eastern European countries, analysing the determinants of...
The problem of a distinctive European identity is both an interesting research question and a politi...
With EU enlargement, peculiar Central European ideas and traditions of integration emerged in Europe...
The enlarged and enlarging European Union is a novel political project in motion. The supranational ...
During the last two decades the citizens’ trust in the European Union (EU) has decreased. It has bee...
The point the European Union, idealized with respect to being European or Europeanising, has reache...
With EU enlargement, peculiar Central European ideas and traditions of integration emerged in Europe...
"The constitution of a European demos with a collective identity is one of the preconditions for adj...
In the construction of a new political, economic, and security architecture in Europe, both the Euro...
The European public’s identification with Europe, or more specifically, the European Union, is neces...
The level and scope of European Union (EU) integration activities are showing the aspects of civiliz...
AbstractIn our analysis we argue that the EU eastern enlargement did not result in significant chang...
Abstract. The 'return to Europe' of the new member states of the European Union is widely ...
The problem of European identity is often analysed from the perspective of the European unity. From ...
[Introduction]. As a citizen of Germany, I have seen the transformation initiated through German uni...
This paper focus on European attitudes in eastern European countries, analysing the determinants of...
The problem of a distinctive European identity is both an interesting research question and a politi...
With EU enlargement, peculiar Central European ideas and traditions of integration emerged in Europe...
The enlarged and enlarging European Union is a novel political project in motion. The supranational ...
During the last two decades the citizens’ trust in the European Union (EU) has decreased. It has bee...
The point the European Union, idealized with respect to being European or Europeanising, has reache...
With EU enlargement, peculiar Central European ideas and traditions of integration emerged in Europe...