European Politics of Citizenship

Authors

Juan M. Delgado-Moreira, Standford UniversityFollow

Abstract

During the past five years, the European Union has been trying to sponsor a coming of age of European Identity awareness across national borders. In doing so, EU administration intends to square the circle of European Union as the super nation-state of the nation states of Europe. However prompted or justified by the political or economic context, it is noteworthy to what extent the texts of European statutes and policies lack theoretical alternatives to the territorial and relatively homogeneous state. In order for it not to become a threat perceived by the population in identity terms, the apparently forthcoming idea of European citizenship needs to address the concerns of both traditional and new ethnonational minorities at the state level and underneath. In the light of a global context, the tide of Europeanization is but a particular case of the worldwide extended tension between the two increasing and opposing processes of globalization and particularization. Drawing on methodological and theoretical considerations I explore the conflictive and tangled hierarchies of identity and citizenship. Finally, in regard to the problem of how diverse cultures and identities could relate to the universal idea of democratic citizenship, a proposal that attempts to mediate multiculturalism and Eurocentrism will be drafted.

Keywords

qualitative research

Publication Date

9-1-1997

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DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/1997.2016

Recommended APA Citation

Delgado-Moreira, J. M. (1997). European Politics of Citizenship. The Qualitative Report, 3(3), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/1997.2016