Making European Citizens?

How Participation in Model European Union Conferences Influences European Identity, Support of the EU and Political Involvement
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-3-8288-3316-6
Verlag: Tectum

Buch, Englisch, Band 19, 14 Seiten, broschiert, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 210 g

Reihe: Politik begreifen

Model European Union (MEU) is a simulation of European politics that provides participants with a hands-on experience of the decision-making process of the European Union (EU). Hundreds of young Europeans meet each year at multi-day MEU conferences in cities across Europe. Does this experience have a measurable and lasting impact on participants knowledge about and attitudes towards the EU? And if so, how can we theoretically and empirically explain these effects? Paul Rünz develops a framework for the analysis of European citizenship and discusses several mechanisms that could account for attitude changes of MEU participants. To answer his research question, he employs a quasi-experimental design with quantitative data from surveys with participants of MEU conferences in Strasbourg, France and in Mainz, Germany.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rünz, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Politische Ethnologie, Recht, Organisation, Identität