The diversities of Europe

From European modernity to the making of the European Union

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7767604
AutoresPeter A Kraus (0000-0001-7630-4914, University of Augsburg), G Sciortino (0000-0002-7210-8016, University of Trento, autor correspondente)
Ano2014
Volume14
Fascículo4
Páginas485-497
Data de publicação2014-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEthnicities (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1468-7968 • E-ISSN: 1741-2706
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1468796814528696
OpenAlexW2327181095
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas19

Looking for a concept that condenses the normative added value that the European Union may claim to embody vis-à-vis its member states, diversity would appear to be a first-rate candidate. For more than four decades, European institutions have endorsed a complex discourse about diversity that sharply differentiates the European project from the historical experiences of its member-states. The paper stresses the discontinuity inherent in the European Union project and the ways in which diversity is used in European Union discussions. It highlights the existence of several, and only partly overlapping, notions of diversity embedded in the European project: as an acknowledgement of the historical and cultural diversity of member states; as protection of individual and group diversity within a putatively shared and egalitarian European public sphere; as an instrument for achieving political stabilization, market competitiveness, territorial cohesion and economic growth. As an introduction to the special issue on the diversities of Europe, the paper provides the general conceptual framework for the analyses of the four types of diversities analysed: language, religion, foreignness and gender

Acknowledgement · Cultural diversity · Diversity (politics · Economics · European integration · European union · International trade · Normative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Religious Freedom and Discrimination