National Identities and Socio-Economic Development in European Union

Artikel

This paper analyses the relationship between identity and level of socio-economic development in the member states of the European Union. This work is an empirical study which uses original data on the number of national mottos and country logos, GDP/ Capita and Human Development Index (HDI) for 2016 disaggregated by states of the EU28. Our findings suggest the existence of a symmetrical interdependence between the consistency of national identities and the degree of socio-economic development, between which there is a relative territorial overlap. We attempt to demonstrate that the symmetry of their arrangement with each other maps out a community-wide asymmetry, resulting in a territorial cohesion deficit and segregated segregation of the Union, generating an asymmetric European Union with more identity-development speeds.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: CES Working Papers ; ISSN: 2067-7693 ; Volume: 10 ; Year: 2018 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 79-97 ; Iasi: Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Centre for European Studies

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Economywide Country Studies: Europe ; Comparative Studies of Countries
• Subject: national identities ; development ; identity indicators ; national motto ; country logo

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Teclean, Cezar
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Centre for European Studies
• (where): Iasi
• (when): 2018

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/198534
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET