Collective identity as shared ethical self-understanding: The case of the emerging European identity

European Journal of Social Theory

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 501-523

  Kantner, Cathleen ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collective identity; Democracy; European Union; European values; Public sphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751572316     PISSN: 13684310     EISSN: 14617137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368431006073016     Document Type: Article

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