Românii si statutul de cetãtean european: apartenente identitare si reprezentãri stereotipe ale bucurestenilor
Romanians and the European citizenship: identity and the stereotype representations of the persons from Bucharest

Summary/Abstract: The present study focuses on the stereotype representations persons from Bucharest have regarding Romanians and European Union citizens as well as the degree in which they embrace the European citizenship after January 2007. The research included a sample of 466 persons from Bucharest and followed a methodology aiming at discovering the structure of ethno-stereotypes inspired by the prototypical-categorical technique for the study of social representations. The results are discussed considering similar previous research as well as social psychology theories: that of social identity, system justification and social creativity. A very important conclusion points out that the respondents put an obvious psychological distance between the in and out-group members shown by the difference in attributes associated to these groups and thereby we consider it is highly necessary to identify and stimulate in the future those characteristics that bring Romanians and European Union citizens together.

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