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