Perceptions Of Europe

Author : Anthony Pagden
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351937429

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Facing Each Other (2 Volumes) by Anthony Pagden Pdf

The perception of Europeans of the world and of the peoples beyond Europe has become in recent years the subject of intense scholarly interest and heated debate both in and outside the academy. So, too, has the concern with how it was that those peoples who were variously ’discovered’, and then, as often as not, colonised, understood the strangers in their midst. This volume attempts to cover both these topics, as well as to provide a number of crucial articles on the difficulties faced by modern historians in understanding the complex, relationship between ’them’ and ’us’. Inevitably such relationships not only changed over time, they also varied greatly from culture to culture. The articles, therefore cover most of the areas with which the European world came into contact from the earliest Portuguese incursions into Africa in the mid fifteenth century until the explorations of Cook and Bougainville in the Pacific in the late eighteenth. It ranges, too, from Brazil to Russia, from Tahiti to China.

Author : Daniel Gaxie,Nicolas Hubé,Jay Rowell
Publisher : ECPR Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781907301599

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Perceptions of Europe by Daniel Gaxie,Nicolas Hubé,Jay Rowell Pdf

This book presents the main findings of a comparative qualitative survey conducted in France, Germany, Italy, and Poland. Ordinary citizens from very different social backgrounds and professions were asked a range of open-ended questions, allowing them to express themselves freely. There have been few qualitative surveys on ordinary citizens views of European integration, and none on this scale. The resulting picture is very different from the self-evident assumptions of many current studies on European opinions. The book stresses the great diversity, ambiguity, and complexity of European attitudes. It emphasises the causal impact of formal education, political interest and involvement, individual everyday exposures to ‘European’ realities, and the role of collective national experiences of European integration and national history. This book: is the first qualitative survey among ordinary from all social strata across Europe that explores perceptions and judgments on ‘Europe’ and the EU; explains the underlying logic of why Europe and European integration are such a far reality to most citizens; explores how most citizens are poorly - but unequally - informed about and interested in European subjects; investigates how citizens are able to express perceptions of ‘Europe’ by using a series of analogies and comparisons often linked to their daily experiences; identifies the complex range of issues that influence our perceptions, and the irresolute, fragmentary, mixed, and sometimes contradictory nature of these opinions.

Author : N. Chaban,M. Holland
Publisher : Springer
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137331175

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Communicating Europe in Times of Crisis by N. Chaban,M. Holland Pdf

The EU views itself as an important actor on the world stage, a perspective supported by the role it plays in global politics. This collection presents a true reflection of the EU as an international actor by exploring how it is viewed externally and the impact that events like the Eurozone debt crisis have had on external perceptions of the EU.

Author : Bruno Losito,Gabriella Agrusti,Valeria Damiani,Wolfram Schulz
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 331973959X

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Young People's Perceptions of Europe in a Time of Change by Bruno Losito,Gabriella Agrusti,Valeria Damiani,Wolfram Schulz Pdf

This open access book presents findings from 15 European countries participating in the second cycle of the IEA International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS 2016). The study investigates the ways in which young people are prepared to undertake their roles as citizens in a range of countries in the second decade of the 21st century. It responds to new and persisting challenges in the area of civic and citizenship education. The main results presented in this book are based on data collected using a European student questionnaire and provide insights into lower-secondary students’ views on European identity (such as whether they identify as European, or have opportunities to learn about Europe in school), perceptions of freedom of movement and immigration (such as attitudes toward immigration, restriction of freedom of movement, and the freedom of European citizens to live and work across Europe), and perceptions of Europe and its future (such as views on European cooperation, expectations regarding Europe’s future, and attitudes toward the European Union). For the 12 countries that participated in the previous cycle (ICCS 2009), ICCS 2016 reveals changes in young people’s perceptions of immigration and European identity between 2009 and 2016. Test and questionnaire data from the international core study are used to review the extent to which region-specific perceptions are related to other factors, such as students’ level of civic knowledge and social or educational contexts.

Author : Anthony Pagden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Europe
ISBN : WISC:89071194054

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Facing Each Other by Anthony Pagden Pdf

This two-volume set presents 25 articles (published between 1964 and 1996) as part of a series that seeks to transcend nationalist histories and to examine the global stage rather than discrete regions important to selected facets of the European presence overseas. The introductions to each volume clarify the conceptual framework and rationale for the selection of articles and assess the importance of the specific aspect being discussed in the larger context of European activities (thus acquainting readers with broad trends in the historiography and alerting them to controversies and conflicting interpretations). In addition, they describe and evaluate the importance of change over time; explain differences attributable to differing geographical, cultural institutional, and economic circumstances; and suggest the potential for cross cultural, comparative, and interdisciplinary approaches. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR.

Author : Kacper Szulecki
Publisher : Springer
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319649641

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Energy Security in Europe by Kacper Szulecki Pdf

This edited collection highlights the different meanings that have been attached to the notion of energy security and how it is taken to refer to different objects. Official policy definitions of energy security are broadly similar across countries and emphasize the reliability and affordability of access to sufficient energy resources for a community to uphold its normal economic and social functions. However, perceptions of energy security vary between states causing different actions to be taken, both in international relations and in domestic politics. Energy Security in Europe moves the policy debates on energy security beyond a consideration of its seemingly objective nature. It also provides a series of contributions that shed light on the conditions under which similar material factors are met with very different energy security policies and divergent discourses across Europe. Furthermore, it problematizes established notions prevalent in energy security studies, such as whether energy security is ‘geopolitical’, and an element of high politics, or purely ‘economic’, and should be left for the markets to regulate. This book will be of particular relevance to students and academics in the fields of energy studies and political science seeking to understand the divergence in perspectives and understandings of energy security challenges between EU member states and in multilateral relationships between the EU as a whole.

Author : Sonia Lucarelli,Lorenzo Fioramonti
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781135239497

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External Perceptions of the European Union as a Global Actor by Sonia Lucarelli,Lorenzo Fioramonti Pdf

Examines how the EU is perceived in the US; the Middle East; Russia; China; India; Brazil; South Africa; the World Bank; WTO; UN; Al Jazeera and International NGOs and explores the impact of these perceptions for the global role of the EU.

Author : Rüdiger Meyenberg,Henk Dekker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Europe
ISBN : STANFORD:36105009041034

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Perceptions of Europe in East and West by Rüdiger Meyenberg,Henk Dekker Pdf

Author : David Shambaugh,Eberhard Sandschneider,Zhou Hong
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2007-09-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134082711

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China-Europe Relations by David Shambaugh,Eberhard Sandschneider,Zhou Hong Pdf

Written by a hugely experienced team of international contributors from China, Europe and the US, this book takes an innovative and insightful look at one of the most important bilateral relationships in international relations this century.

Author : Gabriella Ilonszki
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317965787

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Perceptions of the European Union in New Member States by Gabriella Ilonszki Pdf

The book explores the views of elites alongside those of the wider population in the European Union. The chapters place the new member states – and the potential candidate Serbia – on the map of Europe in this context for the first time. The volume's comparative method goes beyond the standard old member states versus new member states divide. It assesses regional differences within Central Europe and evaluates the problem of European and national identity formation, perception of external threats to the EU (including Russia), differences between economic and political elite views about the integration process and the connection between national performance and public opinion about Europe. Even though, in each country, positive views are dominant about the integration process, heterogeneous views prevail behind the image of a unifying Europe. The book’s major contribution is that it makes the new member states more visible and provides hard evidence while remaining theoretically driven. Furthermore, it covers the most important topics that emerge in studies concerning European integration. The book is intended for those interested in European integration in general but Central and Eastern European comparativists will find it particularly useful. This book was published as a special issue of Europe-Asia Studies.

Author : Frans van Dijk
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030631437

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Perceptions of the Independence of Judges in Europe by Frans van Dijk Pdf

This open access book is about the perception of the independence of the judiciary in Europe. Do citizens and judges see its independence in the same way? Do judges feel that their independence is respected by the users of the courts, by the leadership of the courts and by politicians? Does the population trust the judiciary more than other public institutions, or less? How does independence of the judiciary work at the national level and at the level of the European Union? These interrelated questions are particularly relevant in times when the independence of the judiciary is under political pressure in several countries in the European Union, giving way to illiberal democracy. Revealing surveys among judges, lay judges and lawyers - in addition to regular surveys of the European Commission - provide a wealth of information to answer these questions. While the answers will not please everyone, they are of interest to a wide audience, in particular court leaders, judges, lawyers, politicians and civil servants.

Author : Li-Hua Zheng,Dominique Desjeux,Anne-Sophie Boisard
Publisher : Éditions Le Manuscrit
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-08T00:00:00+01:00
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9782304045635

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How the Chinese See the Europeans by Li-Hua Zheng,Dominique Desjeux,Anne-Sophie Boisard Pdf

This book is the result of a study carried out in Guangzhou (Canton), financed by the European Union and focusing on the perceptions that the Chinese have of Europe and Europeans. The perceptions tell us nothing or little about the social reality and the real behaviour of others. They are above all an implicit confrontation with the values of those who pronounce them. They act as a projection. Here, they express the framework of thought and implicit values of the Chinese, at the same time as they give a true idea of what the Chinese think of Europeans. It is the role of the social sciences to deconstruct these perceptions in order to objectivize them, that is to say put into perspective their link with the reality described. This done, it is possible to create a certain distance in relation to what is expressed, a certain relativism, the existence of which is necessary in an intercultural perspective.

Author : Bruno Losito,Gabriella Agrusti,Valeria Damiani,Wolfram Schulz
Publisher : Springer
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319739601

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Young People's Perceptions of Europe in a Time of Change by Bruno Losito,Gabriella Agrusti,Valeria Damiani,Wolfram Schulz Pdf

This open access book presents findings from 15 European countries participating in the second cycle of the IEA International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS 2016). The study investigates the ways in which young people are prepared to undertake their roles as citizens in a range of countries in the second decade of the 21st century. It responds to new and persisting challenges in the area of civic and citizenship education. The main results presented in this book are based on data collected using a European student questionnaire and provide insights into lower-secondary students’ views on European identity (such as whether they identify as European, or have opportunities to learn about Europe in school), perceptions of freedom of movement and immigration (such as attitudes toward immigration, restriction of freedom of movement, and the freedom of European citizens to live and work across Europe), and perceptions of Europe and its future (such as views on European cooperation, expectations regarding Europe’s future, and attitudes toward the European Union). For the 12 countries that participated in the previous cycle (ICCS 2009), ICCS 2016 reveals changes in young people’s perceptions of immigration and European identity between 2009 and 2016. Test and questionnaire data from the international core study are used to review the extent to which region-specific perceptions are related to other factors, such as students’ level of civic knowledge and social or educational contexts.

Author : N. Chaban,M. Holland
Publisher : Springer
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137331175

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Communicating Europe in Times of Crisis by N. Chaban,M. Holland Pdf

The EU views itself as an important actor on the world stage, a perspective supported by the role it plays in global politics. This collection presents a true reflection of the EU as an international actor by exploring how it is viewed externally and the impact that events like the Eurozone debt crisis have had on external perceptions of the EU.

Author : Michael J. Wintle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105070525683

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Culture and Identity in Europe by Michael J. Wintle Pdf

This text asks the question: what do people think Europe is? Furthermore, what relationship do those ideas of Europe bear to the reality of the situation at any given moment? It goes on to question the connection between cultural perceptions and the historical reality of Europe.