Perspectives of National Elites on European Citizenship : A South European View

ISBN-13: 9780415686204 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 160 str.

Nicol Conti; Maurizio Cotta; Pedro Tavares De Almeida

Opis

Over the last two decades, the process of European integration has become interwoven with the theme of citizenship and the debate on the democratic quality of the EU and of its institutions has become more salient. This text explores how Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain have addressed these issues.

Spis treści

1. European Citizenship and the National Elites of Southern Europe Nicolò Conti, Maurizio Cotta and Pedro Tavares de Almeida  2. Italy: Still a Pro-European, but not a Fully Europeanised Elite? Christophe Roux and Luca Verzichelli  3. The Perception of the European Union by Political and Economic Elites in Spain Miguel Jerez Mir, José Real Dato and Rafael Vázquez García  4. Attitudes of the Portuguese Elites towards the European Union Diogo Moreira, João Pedro Ruivo, António Costa Pinto and Pedro Tavares de Almeida  5. Attitudes of Greek Parliamentarians Towards European and National Identity, Representation, and Scope of Governance Roula Nezi, Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos and Panayiota Toka  6. European Citizenship in Party Euromanifestos: Southern Europe in Comparative Perspective (1994–2004) Nicolò Conti  7. Southern Europe: A Distinctive and More Pro-European Region in the EU? Nicolò Conti, Maurizio Cotta and Pedro Tavares de Almeida

O autorze

Nicolò Conti is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Unitelma Sapienza University of Rome and Research Fellow at the University of Siena. His main research focus is on parties and the EU. Maurizio Cotta is Professor of Political Science at the University of Siena. His main research interests are in the field of political elites and political institutions in Europe. He is the coordinator of the EU integrated project IntUne. Pedro Tavares de Almeida is Professor of Political Science at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universidade Nova de Lisboa. His main research interests are elite recruitment, elections and state-civil society relations.