Risse-Kappen, Thomas <br/><br/>
A community of Europeans? :  transnational identities and public spheres / 
Thomas Risse. 
 - Ithaca [N.Y.] :  Cornell University Press,  2010. 
 - xiii, 287 pages  :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
 - Cornell paperbacks .
 - Cornell paperbacks. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Collective identities : conceptual and methodological questions -- Multiple Europes : the Europeanization of citizens' identities -- Modern Europe and its discontents : the Europeanization of elite identities -- Europeanization of national identities : explanations -- Transnational public spheres : conceptual questions -- The gradual Europeanization of public spheres -- A European community of communication? -- "Deepening" : European institution-building -- "Widening" : EU enlargement and contested identities -- European democracy and politicization. 
<br/><br/> In this work, a thoughtful observer of the on-going project of European integration evaluates the state of the art about European identity and European public spheres. The author argues that integration has had profound and long-term effects on the citizens of EU countries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801446634 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780801476488 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Group identity--Europe.<br/>Transnationalism--Social aspects--Europe.<br/>Transnacionalismo--Aspectos sociales --Europa <br/>Social integration--Europe.<br/>Integración social--Europa<br/>Nationalism--Europe.<br/>Nacionalismo--Europa<br/>European federation--Public opinion.<br/>Public opinion--Europe.<br/>Opinión pública--Europa
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HM 753  / R596a 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.80094