1st Edition
Building Europe The Cultural Politics of European Integration
By Cris Shore
Copyright 2000
270 Pages
by
Routledge
270 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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The development of the European Union has been one of the most profound advances in European politics and society this century. Yet the institutions of Europe and the 'Eurocrats' who work in them have constantly attracted negative publicity, culminating in the mass resignation of the European Commissioners in March 1999. In this revealing study, Cris Shore scrutinises the process of European... Read more
Introduction Part One: Inventing Europe 1. Forging a European Nation-State? The European Union and Questions of Culture 2. Creating the People's Europe: Symbols, History and Invented Traditions 3. Citizenship of the Union. The Cultural Construction of a European Citizen 4. Symbolizing Boundaries: The Single Currency and the Art of European Governance Part Two: EU Civil Servants. The New Europeans? 5. A Supranational Civil Service? The Role of the Commission in the Integration Process 6. The Brussels Context. Integration and Engrenage among EU Elites 7. Transnational, Supranational or Post-National? The Organisational Culture of the Commission Conclusions
Biography
Cris Shore is Head of the Anthropology Department at Goldsmith's College, University of London. He has published and lectured extensively on European integration and EU cultural politics.
'An invaluable academic work ... For anyone interested in the hidden story behind the drive to create a new kind of state in Europe, Shore's Building Europe is an eyeopener.' - Christopher Booker, Sunday Telegraph
'Cris Shore has written a quite outstanding book...Essential reading' - Will Podmore
