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A new society in the making: European integration and European social groups
Eine neue Gesellschaft entsteht: europäische Integration und europäische soziale Gruppen
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Körperschaftlicher Herausgeber
Freie Universität Berlin, FB Politik- und Sozialwissenschaften, Otto-Suhr-Institut für Politikwissenschaft Kolleg-Forschergruppe "The Transformative Power of Europe"
Abstract This paper connects with a recent and growing interest in the study of the societal impact of European integration and in the distinction of globalization and European integration effects. The paper uses the Eurobarometer study 67.1 to examine two related issues: 1) the segmentation of national soci... mehr
This paper connects with a recent and growing interest in the study of the societal impact of European integration and in the distinction of globalization and European integration effects. The paper uses the Eurobarometer study 67.1 to examine two related issues: 1) the segmentation of national social groups into “national” and “European” segments and 2) the contribution of the European integration process to this segmentation. Through statistical analysis, I argue that there is some segmentation of national social groups and that this segmentation is more advanced at the level of consumer practices than at the level of identification and political attitudes and values. I also contradict prevailing beliefs in showing that although European integration underlies changes in the Europeanization of personal networks in general, its impact may have been greater, or at least as great, on the lower classes than on the middle classes. I propose that the main mediating mechanism for this effect is the cheapening of opportunities for travel in Europe.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
EU; europäische Integration; europäische Identität; Gruppe; soziales Netzwerk; Europäisierung; Globalisierung; soziale Klasse; sozialer Status
Klassifikation
Soziologie von Gesamtgesellschaften
Methode
deskriptive Studie
Freie Schlagwörter
personal networks
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2010
Erscheinungsort
Berlin
Seitenangabe
32 S.
Schriftenreihe
KFG Working Paper Series, 12
ISSN
1868-7601
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung