THE DIFFICULT PATH TOWARDS EUROPEANNESS.
ASSESSING THE POLITICS OF CULTURE AND IDENTITY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION Cover Image

THE DIFFICULT PATH TOWARDS EUROPEANNESS. ASSESSING THE POLITICS OF CULTURE AND IDENTITY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
THE DIFFICULT PATH TOWARDS EUROPEANNESS. ASSESSING THE POLITICS OF CULTURE AND IDENTITY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

Author(s): Georgiana Ciceo
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Facultatea de Studii Europene -Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai
Keywords: cultural policy;identity;Europeanness;

Summary/Abstract: The gradual advance of the European integration process has generated vivid discussions on what defines the Europeanness and what its main features are. They were meant to bring useful insights to the wider ongoing debates with regard to who is entitled to embark in this process or what defines in a European context a certain type of political action. They attempted to move beyond the sheer political and economic considerations and go to the core of the whole effort of building a European Union based on the intertwined processes of integration and enlargement. As such, they were closely entangled with those concerning the core values that define a European identity. The present article looks at the cultural policies of the European Union and tries to evaluate their capacity to shape and, if possible, reinforce a sense of Europeanness among the Europeans.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 6-17
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English