Der Band präsentiert aktuelle Forschungsarbeiten unterschiedlicher sozial-, kultur- und kommunikationswissenschaftlicher Disziplinen, die auf dem gleichnamigen Symposium an der Hochschule Fulda zur Thematik Interkulturalität und Europäische Integration basieren. Das Hauptaugenmerk gilt den Schnittstellen zwischen interkulturellen und integrationspolitischen Entwicklungen und wissenschaftlichen Problemstellungen. In insgesamt neun Beiträgen wird die vielschichtige Forschungslandschaft mit i...

It has been argued that the emergence of a European collective identity would help overcome growing disparity caused by the increasing diversity of today’s European Union, with 28 member states and more than 500 million people.Research on European integration is facing the pressing question of what holds ‘Europe’ together in times of crisis, growing distributional conflict and instability in its neighbourhood. This book departs from the ideas of group cohesion in the EU, and reflec...

This book shines new light on the political system of the European Union (EU) by focusing on civic resources as a keystone of the EU’s ability to sustain. Less-tangible resources such as trust, solidarity, mutual recognition and citizens’ social and political participation have been, until now, largely ignored in the research on European integration.Due to the fundamental changes to the EU in recent years and the challenges ahead, European citizens have become increasingly...