Two and a Half Tales of Europe
How the European Commission Narrates Peoplehood in Migration and Citizenship Policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10069711 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Johanna Hase (0000-0001-9103-8466, WZB Berlin Social Science Center Berlin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 74-90 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9886 • E-ISSN: 1468-5965 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/jcms.13479 |
| OpenAlex | W4362626072 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 43 |
Since 2019, the European Commission has had a vice president for ‘promoting our European way of life’, but whether a European ‘we’ exists at all is disputed. This article investigates whether and how the Commission has constructed this ‘we’ through narratives of peoplehood. Analysing official communications in migration and citizenship policy between 2007 and 2020, it traces three narrative elements: characters, plot and main theme. The article argues, first, that the Commission's narrative of ‘realizing European citizenship’ creates a sense of peoplehood more than its narrative of ‘achieving a comprehensive migration policy’ and, second, that it has largely repeated its citizenship narrative while adapting its migration narrative. The findings suggest that the Commission is a rather subtle narrator of peoplehood and call into question whether it has a clear idea of the ‘we’ whose ‘way of life’ it seeks to promote
Citizenship · Commission · Linguistics · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Theme (computing · European Politics and Security · European Union Policy and Governance · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration
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Citizens of Europe
The Great Secession
Strategic narrative
Discourse analysis, policy analysis, and the borders of EU identity
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Introduction
Narrative Ju-jitsu
Constructing the EU’s political identity in policy making
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Narrating European integration
Different narratives, one area without internal frontiers
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European Citizenship in the Ongoing Brexit Process
Europe's odyssey
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Public Support for European Integration
Specifying the Arena of Possibilities
Between continuity and change
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Speaking of change
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |