Minorities of Europeanization - The New Others of European Social Identity (Hardcover)

What are the societal effects of Europeanization? How successful is the EU's project to create an overarching European identity representative of all its citizens, transcending national boundaries, and including those previously excluded as national minorities? This study addresses these questions by adapting the Social Identity Theory's (SIT) concept of "social identity" to the discussions of "European identity," offering a novel approach that remedies previous definitional and ontological problems of the term. The conceptualization of a "European social identity" is generated here to invite a reconsideration of conventional understandings of how minorities' group identities are formed. Presenting itself as a challenge to nations and nationality, the European integration process has yet to achieve its supra-national ideal, falling instead into the trap of nationalizing those who are subsumed under the category of minorities in practice-arguably because of a faulty theoretical understanding of the term. The new "Others" of Europeanization have been chosen specifically to emphasize, despite the EU's "united in diversity" rhetoric, the marked lack of united destiny and common heritage of selected European nationals. Among these new Others, Russophones in the Baltic states, the Roma people, populations of the Western Balkans, immigrants and guest workers, and Muslims residing in European countries have all been excluded from Europe's new social identity. Through in-depth historical analysis, this book aims to correct this problem, providing both European studies and broader political science literatures with a new understanding of minorities that is more dynamic both in practice and theory.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2014
Authors:	Hakan Ovunc Ongur
Dimensions:	235 x 162 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	196
ISBN-13:	978-0-7391-8148-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Peace studies > General Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Multicultural studies > General Books > History > European history > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7391-8148-3
Barcode:	9780739181485

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