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European Citizenship and Social Integration in the European Union

By: Jürgen Gerhards,Holger Lengfeld

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European Citizenship and Social Integration in the European Union

By: Jürgen Gerhards,Holger Lengfeld

Since 2008, the European Union has been affected by one of the most severe crises in the history of Europe. This book builds on the work of Jürgen Habermas to answer the key question: is Europe strong enough to overcome the recent crisis? Arguing that recovery can only take place if the citizens of Europe regard themselves as members of a socially integrated European society, this volume sets out three conditions for successful European social integration: European citizens mutually respect each other as equals, accepting that all EU citizens should have equal economic, political and social rights. Those citizens objecting to the idea of European equality should not constitute a minority with potential for mobilisation that could impede the ongoing process of European social integration. Europeans act upon their equality beliefs in everyday practice – without differentiating between nationals and EU migrants. Based on a survey carried out in Germany, Spain, Poland and Turkey, the authors argue that the requirements for a socially integrated Europe are largely in place already. Their findings allow for optimism regarding the future of the EU, as the cultural foundations for a democratisation of Europe are laid. This volume develops a theoretical framework of a socially integrated European community, and will be useful for students and scholars of sociology, citizenship studies, social policy, political science and European studies.

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European Solidarity in Times of Crisis

Insights from a Thirteen-Country Survey

By: Jürgen Gerhards,Holger Lengfeld,Zsófia Ignácz,Florian K Kley,Maximilian Priem

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European Solidarity in Times of Crisis

Insights from a Thirteen-Country Survey

By: Jürgen Gerhards,Holger Lengfeld,Zsófia Ignácz,Florian K Kley,Maximilian Priem

The euro crisis, several sovereign debt crises, the Great Recession, the refugee crisis, and Brexit have all challenged Europeans’ willingness to show solidarity with other European citizens and member states of the European Union. European Solidarity in Times of Crisis provides a clear theoretical framework to understand European solidarity for the first time. It offers a systematic empirical approach to determine the strength and causes of European solidarity. The authors distinguish between four domains of solidarity and test a set of theoretically derived criteria with a unique dataset to investigate European solidarity. Based on a survey conducted in thirteen EU member states in 2016, the empirical analysis leads to some unanticipated results. Europeans display a notably higher degree of solidarity than many politicians and social scientists have presumed so far. This especially applies to the support of people in need (welfare solidarity) and the reduction of territorial disparities between rich and poor EU countries (territorial solidarity), but also to the domain of fiscal solidarity (financial support of indebted EU countries). This optimistic view is less true for the domain of refugee solidarity. While citizens of western and southern EU countries accept the accommodation of refugees and their allocation between European countries, the majority of people in eastern European countries do not share this point of view. The book will appeal to students and scholars in fields such as comparative sociology, political science, social policy and migration research, and European studies. It is also relevant to a non-academic audience interested in the development of the European project.

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European Citizenship and Social Integration in the European Union

By: Jürgen Gerhards,Holger Lengfeld

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European Citizenship and Social Integration in the European Union

European Citizenship and Social Integration in the European Union

European Solidarity in Times of Crisis

European Solidarity in Times of Crisis

European Citizenship and Social Integration in the European Union

European Citizenship and Social Integration in the European Union

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