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2. 1. Europeans only? : essays on identity politics and the European Union

   Author : Peo Hansen; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; European identity; European Union; European Commission; identity politics; discourse; discourse analysis; immigration; immigrants; ethnic minorities; culture; ethno-culturalism; citizenship; European citizenship; education; exclusion inclusion; neo-liberalism; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : The chief preoccupation of the dissertation revolves around the European Union's project of calling forth a collective sense of "European identity" amongst people in the Union. It focuses specifically on how the European Union's identity politics plays out once the ethnic minorities with immigrant background now living in the Union are brought into view. READ MORE

4. 2. Gendered interests in the European union : the European women's lobby and the organisation and representation of women's interests

   Author : Sofia Strid; Anna G. Jónasdóttir; Gunnel Karlsson; Alison E. Woodward; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; EU; European Women’s Lobby; organised interests; representation; civil society; political system; institutions; corporatism; interest theory; legitimacy; gender equality.; Gender studies; Genus; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Research on Europe; Forskning om Europa; Gender Studies; Genusvetenskap;

   Abstract : Gendered Interests and the European Union. The European Women’s Lobby and the Organisation and Representation of Women's Interests. READ MORE

5. 3. A European State of Mind : Rhetorical Formations of European Identity within the EU 1973–2014

   Author : Louise Schou Therkildsen; Mats Rosengren; Jon Viklund; Orla Vigsø; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; constitutive rhetoric; collective identity formation; the European Union; European identity; rhetorical studies; close reading; Rhetoric; Retorik;

   Abstract : European identity has become a central issue in the EU’s political imaginary. In recent years, European identity—and related notions of a European destiny, European culture, and a European narrative—has been deployed as a weapon against the rise of the political far-right across Europe. READ MORE

6. 4. Public Attitudes Towards the European Union : A study explaining the variations in public support towards the European Union within and between countries over time

   Author : Thomas Karv; Kim Strandberg; Kimmo Grönlund; Linda Berg; Åbo Akademi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political support; European Union; Legitimacy;

   Abstract : Public attitudes towards the European Union (EU) have become increasingly important over time. This especially since the process of European integration has become widely considered as a political process affected by attitudinal fluctuations. READ MORE

7. 5. Political Representation in the European Union : A Multi-Channel Approach

   Author : Moa Mårtensson; Christer Karlsson; Sverker Gustavsson; Torsten Svensson; Hans Agné; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; political representation; EU; multi-channel approach; European Parliament; Council of Ministers; interest representation; linkage; Services Directive; social-network analysis; coordination; Statskunskap; Political Science;

   Abstract : The European Union (EU) is the most far-reaching attempt yet undertaken to institutionalize democratic policy-making beyond the nation-state. To what extent, and in what ways, do various channels of representation contribute towards the realization of this aim? This dissertation takes stock of current research on the EU’s system of representation, and seeks to expand its agenda so that this central question can be properly addressed. READ MORE