Shaping the European identity within the multi-level governance structures of the European Union Cover Image

Proces kształtowania tożsamości europejskiej w strukturach zarządzania wielopoziomowego Unii Europejskiej
Shaping the European identity within the multi-level governance structures of the European Union

Author(s): Natalia Kohtamäki
Subject(s): Social development, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Instytut Zachodni im. Zygmunta Wojciechowskiego
Keywords: multi-level governance; European integration; European identity; culture; legitimacy

Summary/Abstract: In todays globalized world, individuals develop many complementary identities, resulting from their participation in the life of conccurrently existing social groups. Ethnic, regional or cultural are among the collective identities that play an important role in human life (...). European Union through a multi-level governance system seeks to build a European identity that is a derivate of the integration process.

  • Issue Year: 365/2017
  • Issue No: 04
  • Page Range: 41-56
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English, Polish