Constructing national and European identities: The case of Greek-Cypriot pupils

Educational Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 293-315

  Philippou, Stavroula ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

European identity; European integration; National identity; Self categorization theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644535751     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055690500236761     Document Type: Review

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