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Understanding the Constructions of Identities by Young New Europeans Kaleidoscopic selves

By Alistair Ross Copyright 2015

    How do young people construct their identities in the complexity of their own country, belonging to the European Union, and being part of global society? This book is based on a unique empirical study of a thousand young people, aged between eleven and nineteen, from fifteen European countries. Covering East European states that joined the EU be

    Constructing Identities: The Younger Generation in the New Europe  Part 1: Conceptualising Identities  National and Ethnic Constructions in Europe.  Talking with Young People about Identities.  The Development of the  New Europe.  Identity Discourses and Young People  Part 2: National Identities  The Nation as a Cultural Entity.  The Nation as a Political Vacuum.  The Internal 'Other'.  Leaving and Staying.  Generational Differences and the Nation  Part 3: European Identities  European Identities: Institutional Values.  Europeans and the Characteristics of European Culture.  European Identities: The Borderlands.  Generational Change and European Identities  Part 4: Contingent Identities  Country and Europe: Institutional and Political Othering.  Country and Europe: Cultural Othering.  Kaleidoscopic Identities.

    Biography

    Alistair Ross is Emeritus Professor of Education at London Metropolitan University, UK, and Jean Monnet Professor of Citizenship Education in Europe.