Representations Of European Citizenship Since 1951
by Stefanie Pukallus /
2016 / English / PDF
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This book is a study of the multiple meanings of European
citizenship, which has been represented and publicly communicated
by the European Commission in five distinctive ways – Homo
Oeconomicus (1951-1972), A People's Europe (1973-1992), Europe of
Transparency (1993-2004), Europe of Agorai (2005-2009) and Europe
of Rights (2010-2014). The public communication of these five
distinct representations of European citizenship reveal how the
European Commission conceived of and attempted to facilitate the
development of a Civil Europe. Ultimately this history, which is
based upon an analysis of public communication policy papers and
interviews with senior European Commission officials past and
present, tells a story about changing identities and about who we
as Europeans might actually be and what kind of Europe we might
actually belong to.
This book is a study of the multiple meanings of European
citizenship, which has been represented and publicly communicated
by the European Commission in five distinctive ways – Homo
Oeconomicus (1951-1972), A People's Europe (1973-1992), Europe of
Transparency (1993-2004), Europe of Agorai (2005-2009) and Europe
of Rights (2010-2014). The public communication of these five
distinct representations of European citizenship reveal how the
European Commission conceived of and attempted to facilitate the
development of a Civil Europe. Ultimately this history, which is
based upon an analysis of public communication policy papers and
interviews with senior European Commission officials past and
present, tells a story about changing identities and about who we
as Europeans might actually be and what kind of Europe we might
actually belong to.