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The Cultural Realm of European Integration Social Representations in France, Spain, and the United Kingdom
Antonio Menéndez-Alarcón
Foreword by Stefan Immerfall
Book Code: GM2034
ISBN: 0-313-32034-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-32034-7
200 pages, n/a
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 4/30/2004
List Price: $87.95 (UK Sterling Price: £49.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: Contributions in Sociology
Series Number: 140
Reviews:
  • In a book filled with interesting detail, Menéndez-Alarcón argues that, culturally and politically, Europeans remain primarily attached to the nation-state. Of the three peoples studied, he found that the British are the least European minded and the French, the most. But in no case is there much support for a federalism approaching that of the US....Europeans, he shows quite dramatically, are ultimately attached to their nation-states. Highly recommended. General readers, and upper-division undergraduate collections and above.
    —Choice     April 2005
  • The Cultural Realm of European Integration presents the culmination of Antonio Menendez-Alarcon's long-standing research on the European unification process. The book addresses popular attitudes toward the integrations of Europe in selected countries....[M]enendez-Alarcon's study of popular perceptions of the idea and reality of Europe takes on considerable relevance.
    —American Journal of Sociology     November 2005
Description: Against the background of the changing global context, this book presents an analysis of three country members of the European Union-- France, Spain, and the United Kingdom--and the most significant social representations that are influencing the course of European integration. At the heart of the work is an analysis of the uneasy relation of the nation-state, its symbolism and the process of European integration. The text uses a sociological perspective to examine the issues of economic integration, enlargement, the question of national identity versus European identity, and sovereignty. This account is based on multiple research methods, including document analysis, content analysis, and in-depth semi-structured individual interviews, quantitative and qualitative data. This study proceeds in two distinct, but complementary directions. First it offers a top-down analysis of the discourse on the nation-state and the European Union offered by political, labor union, and economic elites. Second it takes a bottom-up approach through the analysis of the general public's perception of the European Union. By looking at the interweaving of culture, politics, and economics, the author provides an insightful portrait of the complexity of the European Union.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • France
  • Spain: Enchantment and Disenchantment
  • United Kingdom
  • Enlargement
  • Conclusion: The Enduring Myth of National Sovereignty
  • Bibliography
LC Card Number: 2003026905
LCC Class: JN30
Dewey Class: 303
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