Europe: Space, Territory and Identity

Abstract

The process of Europeanization like the process of globalization requires a political, social, cultural alignment among nations, a source of an identity anxiety. Europe as a political project unquestionably challenges the nation state: supranational institutions impose norms and values on nation-states, and transnational organizations create a space for political participation that goes beyond national territories. Together they re-map a European “political community.” This chapter asks: What are the roles of supranational institutions in shaping such a political community? What are the implications of the emergence of a European public space on the understanding of the European citizenship? What political model for the European Union?

Citation

Kastoryano, R. (2006), "Europe: Space, Territory and Identity", Laible, J. and Barkey, H.J. (Ed.) European Responses to Globalization (Contemporary Studies in Economic and Financial Analysis, Vol. 88), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 93-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1569-3759(06)88005-8