Saurugger, Sabine and Thatcher, Mark (2019) EU political identity, integration and top-down analyses: a reply to Neil Fligstein. Comparative European Politics, 17 (4). pp. 624-630. ISSN 1472-4790
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This reply to Neil Fligsteins thought-provoking comments on this special issue's contributions analyses three specific aspects: the problems of comparing identity construction in different policy areas due to differences in European integration; the focus on EU institutions and lack of attention to social groups and citizens; the EU as a state. We argue that instead of offering one overarching theory of EU state building, the articles analyse what most would regard as a key aspect of a state—political identity—and then consider its top-down policy aspect. This has several advantages: a degree of manageability; seeking careful hypotheses; separating parts that are conceptually distinct, notably the creation of a political identity and then whether citizens actually identify with it; investigating causal linkages.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | © 2019 Springer Nature Limited |
| Divisions: | Government |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Apr 2019 13:18 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2024 01:44 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/100454 |
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