Arbeitspapier | Working paper
A new society in the making: European integration and European social groups
This paper connects with a recent and growing interest in the study of the societal impact of European integration and in the distinction of globalization and European integration effects. The paper uses the Eurobarometer study 67.1 to examine two related issues: 1) the segmentation of national social groups into “national” and “European” segments and 2) the contribution of the European integration process to this segmentation. Through statistical analysis, I argue that there is some segmentation of national social groups and that this segmentation is more advanced at the level of consumer practices than at the level of identification and political attitudes and values. I also contradict prevailing beliefs in showing that although European integration underlies changes in the Europeanization of personal networks in general, its impact may have been greater, or at least as great, on the lower classes than on the middle classes. I propose that the main mediating mechanism for this effect is the cheapening of opportunities for travel in Europe.
- Alternative title
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Eine neue Gesellschaft entsteht: europäische Integration und europäische soziale Gruppen
- ISSN
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1868-7601
- Extent
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Seite(n): 32
- Language
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Englisch
- Notes
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Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
- Bibliographic citation
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KFG Working Paper Series (12)
- Subject
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Soziologie, Anthropologie
Soziologie von Gesamtgesellschaften
EU
europäische Integration
europäische Identität
Gruppe
soziales Netzwerk
Europäisierung
Globalisierung
soziale Klasse
sozialer Status
deskriptive Studie
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Díez Medrano, Juan
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Freie Universität Berlin, FB Politik- und Sozialwissenschaften, Otto-Suhr-Institut für Politikwissenschaft Kolleg-Forschergruppe "The Transformative Power of Europe"
- (where)
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Deutschland, Berlin
- (when)
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2010
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-370290
- Rights
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
- Last update
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21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Díez Medrano, Juan
- Freie Universität Berlin, FB Politik- und Sozialwissenschaften, Otto-Suhr-Institut für Politikwissenschaft Kolleg-Forschergruppe "The Transformative Power of Europe"
Time of origin
- 2010
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