Conclusions

David Sanders, Paolo Bellucci, Gábor Tóka, Mariano Torcal

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Abstract (may include machine translation)

This concluding chapter provides a summary review of the main themes and empirical findings developed in the book. It shows that the processes affecting perceptions of EU citizenship and engagement appear to operate in a broadly similar fashion cross-nationally. Obviously, levels of citizenship and engagement vary across countries and contexts. Nonetheless, the empirical analysis shows that EU mass publics tend to think about the EU in remarkably similar ways. The sense of EU citizenship among mass publics may not yet have 'caught up' with the formal legal citizenship that all EU citizens enjoy. This said, there is a real, measurable emerging sense of European citizenship, which complements rather than contradicts feelings of national citizenship among mass publics in all member states, and which counterbalances a developing Euroscepticism in some EU countries. This structure appears relatively stable, even during the severe global economic crisis which affected European nations after 2007.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Europeanization of National Polities?
Subtitle of host publicationCitizenship and Support in a Post-Enlargement Union
PublisherOxford University Press
Chapter10
Pages217-234
Number of pages18
ISBN (Electronic)9780191739163
ISBN (Print)9780199602346
DOIs
StatePublished - 24 May 2012

Keywords

  • EU citizenship
  • Economic crisis
  • Eu engagement
  • Euroscepticism
  • Mass publics

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