An ambitious volume which asks why hopes are fading for a single European identity, despite decades of European integration.

What—if anything—do the twenty-eight member states of the European Union have in common? Amidst all the variety, can one even speak of a European identity?

What makes people identify with Europe? To answer this question, this book analyzes the development and determinants of a common European identity among EU citi

The two concepts at the centre of this book: Europe, and the Second World War, are constantly changing in public perception. Now that 'Europe' is an even more c

As a consequence of various rounds of EU enlargements, the degree of cultural diversity in Europe has intensified a phenomenon which is increasingly perceived a