This book is a study of the multiple meanings of European citizenship, which has been represented and publicly communicated by the European Commission in five distinctive ways Homo Oeconomicus (1951-1972), A People's Europe (1973-1992), Europe of Transparency (1993-2004), Europe of Agorai (2005-2009) and Europe of Rights (2010-2014). The public communication of these five distinct representations of European citizenship reveal how the European Commission conceived of and attempted to facilitate the development of a Civil Europe. Ultimately this history, which is based upon an analysis of public communication policy papers and interviews with senior European Commission officials past and present, tells a story about changing identities and about who we as Europeans might actually be and what kind of Europe we might actually belong to.

Explores multiple meanings of European citizenship Tells a story about changing identities Based on an analysis of public communication policy papers and interviews with senior EC officials

Autorentext

Stefanie Pukallus is a Lecturer in the Department of Journalism Studies and Research Fellow at the Centre for Freedom of the Media (CFOM) at the University of Sheffield, UK.

Inhalt

Preface.- Chapter 1: A Civil Europe.- Chapter 2: Homo Oeconomicus (1951-1972).- Chapter 3: A People's Europe (1973-1992).- Chapter 4: Europe of Transparency (1993-2004).- Chapter 5: Europe of Agorai (2005-2009).- Chapter 6: 'Europe of Rights' (2010-2014).- Summary European citizenship 1951-2014: An Uninterrupted European Civil Narrative.- Bibliography.- Index.