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Measuring the Immeasurable?

Capturing Citizens’ European Identity

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‘Who are you?’ asked the stranger. ‘I am Michael’ was my answer. Not ‘I’m a Frenchman’ or ‘I’m a Londoner‘, neither ‘I’m a European’ nor ‘I’m an academic’, certainly not a reference to my religion, ethnicity, beliefs, political preferences, or philosophical stances. Just a word, a name, devoid of any connotation, or, at least, devoid of any connotation that anyone else than me, stranger or close friend, could decipher.

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  1. Department of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

    Michael Bruter (Reader in European Political Science) & Martin Lodge (Professor of Political Science and Public Policy) (Reader in European Political Science) &  (Professor of Political Science and Public Policy)

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Bruter, M. (2013). Measuring the Immeasurable?. In: Bruter, M., Lodge, M. (eds) Political Science Research Methods in Action. Research Methods Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137318268_2

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