ABSTRACT

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

part |50 pages

Part I Conceptualising identities

chapter 3|11 pages

Talking with young people about identities

chapter 4|12 pages

The development of the ‘new’ Europe

chapter 5|56 pages

Identity discourses and young people

part |56 pages

Part II National identities

chapter 6|11 pages

The nation as a cultural entity

chapter 7|11 pages

The nation as a political vacuum

chapter 8|10 pages

The internal ‘other’

chapter 9|10 pages

Leaving and staying

chapter 10|13 pages

Generational differences and the nation

part |42 pages

Part III European identities

part |30 pages

Part IV Contingent identities

chapter 16|10 pages

Country and Europe: cultural othering

chapter 17|7 pages

Kaleidoscopic identities