TY - BOOK AU - Risse-Kappen,Thomas TI - A community of Europeans?: transnational identities and public spheres SN - 9780801446634 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - HM 753 R596a 2010 U1 - 305.80094 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Ithaca [N.Y.] PB - Cornell University Press KW - Group identity KW - Europe KW - Transnationalism KW - Social aspects KW - Transnacionalismo KW - Aspectos sociales KW - Europa KW - Social integration KW - Integración social KW - Nationalism KW - Nacionalismo KW - European federation KW - Public opinion KW - Opinión pública N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 N2 - 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 ER -