Economic Rationality and Support for European Identity Providers

Laura-Mariana Paraschiv () and Monica-Florina Gherghel ()
Additional contact information
Laura-Mariana Paraschiv: College of Communication and Public Relations, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration
Monica-Florina Gherghel: College of Communication and Public Relations, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration

Management Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy, 2014, vol. 2, issue 5, 377-398

Abstract: Discussions on the emergence of a European identity meant to provide legitimacy to the European Union (EU) often include references to factors influencing EU support. These determinants of support are essential in anticipating EU’s future, in solving its legitimacy deficit and for the development of a common European identity. European citizens’ support for the EU could be considered a predictor of sense of belonging to the European community that actually provides generating elements of European identity. In this context, the present article elaborates from a theoretical perspective on the relationship between EU support and European identity. First, the goal is to illustrate the theories on factors that strengthen European citizens’ support for the EU, whether economic or non-economic. Second, the focus is on establishing the differences between support for European integration and the attachment that Europeans feel for the EU or between economic rationality and affective evaluation in regard to the EU. The article argues that, while the identification of a European identity seems increasingly difficult to attain, this support for European integration could be viewed as a temporary solution for solving the legitimacy deficit the EU suffers from.

Keywords: support for European integration; European identity; national identity; costs and benefits; attachment. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://managementdynamics.ro/index.php/journal/article/view/55/52 (application/pdf)
http://managementdynamics.ro/index.php/journal/article/view/55/52 (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:nup:jrmdke:v:2:y:2014:i:5:p:377-398

Access Statistics for this article

Management Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy is currently edited by Contantin BRATIANU, Florina PINZARU, Elena Madalina VATAMANESCU and Alexandra ZBUCHEA

More articles in Management Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy from College of Management, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Cristian-Mihai VIDU ().