Why Europe? Problems of Culture and Identity

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction: the Remaking of Europe

      • Joe Andrew, Malcolm Crook, Michael Waller

      Pages 1-16

3. The Political Debate

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. Why Europe? From Contradiction to Refoundation

      • Nicole Questiaux

      Pages 19-34

   3. Why Europe?

      • Michael Tappin

      Pages 35-40

   4. Towards a European Identity: Policy or Culture?

      • Hans-Joachim Veen

      Pages 41-47

   5. Identity, Citizenship and Democracy in Europe

      • Wolfgang Ullmann

      Pages 48-52

4. Political Commentary

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53

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   2. European Identity

      • Christopher Brewin

      Pages 55-73

   3. Who are ‘We’? Populists, Democrats and the People

      • Margaret Canovan

      Pages 74-84

   4. Being and Doing in Europe since 1945: Contrasting Dichotomies of Identity and Efficiency

      • Jolyon Howorth

      Pages 85-96

   5. From Nation-Building to the Construction of Europe: the Lessons and Limitations of the French Example

      • Brian Jenkins

      Pages 97-114

   6. Constructing a European Identity: Problems of Supranationalism

      • Aleksandar Pavković

      Pages 115-130

   7. Europe…the Creation of a Nation? A Comparative Analysis of Nation-Building

      • Bego de la Serna-López

      Pages 131-154

5. Historical and Cultural Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155

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   2. Poland, Post-Communism and the Nation-State

      • Edward Acton

      Pages 157-166

   3. Songs of Love and Hate: the Role of the Intelligentsia, Music and Poetry in Forging Serbian Ethnic National Identity

      • Robert Hudson

      Pages 167-181

   4. Ethnotope and Imperium in Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature

      • Robert Reid

      Pages 182-201

6. Back Matter

   Pages 202-204

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This volume addresses a range of issues which underlie the notions of European identity. Among them: what does it mean to be a European? What place will minorities find in the Europe of the twenty-first century? What roles will women play in the future communities? Will Europe become more open to diversity, or become increasingly introspective?

• communism
• culture
• democracy
• identity
• Nation
• national identity
• nationalism
• Policy

• Keele University, UK

  Joe Andrew, Malcolm Crook, Michael Waller

EDWARD ACTON Professor of Modern European History, University of East Anglia CHRISTOPHER BREWIN Lecturer in International Relations, Keele University MARGARET CANOVAN Professor of Political Thought, Keele University JOLYON HOWORTH Professor of French Civilization and Jean Monnet Professor of European Political Union, University of Bath ROBERT HUDSON Senior Lecturer in European History and Politics and Head of European Studies, University of Derby BRIAN JENKINS Professor of French Area Studies, University of Portsmouth ALEKSANDAR PAVKOVIC Associate Professor in Politics, Macquarie University, Sydney NICOLE QUESTIAUX Honorary Section President at the French Conseil d'Etat ROBERT REID Reader in Russian, Keele University BEGO DE LA SERNA-LOPEZ Postgraduate Student in Public Policy at QMWC, London MICHAEL TAPPIN Lecturer in American Politics, Keele University and MEP WOLFGANG ULLMAN Professor of Church History in the Church University in Berlin-Brandenburg and MEP HANS-JOACHIM VEEN Professor of Comparative Government, University of Trier

Policies and ethics