Euroclash
Euroclash
Euroclash
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A major new interpretation of European integration. Leading scholar, Neil Fligstein, provocatively argues that European integration has produced a truly transnational European society.
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15-October-2009
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The 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 confl ict 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 benefi ted from European economic integration, specifi cally by interacting more and more with their counterparts in other societies. They tend to think of themselves as Europeans. Older, poorer, lesseducated, and blue-collar citizens have benefi ted 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 national identities. 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.
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9780199580859
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Oxford University Press UK
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15-October-2009
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The 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 confl ict 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 benefi ted from European economic integration, specifi cally by interacting more and more with their counterparts in other societies. They tend to think of themselves as Europeans. Older, poorer, lesseducated, and blue-collar citizens have benefi ted 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 national identities. 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.

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