Who are Europeans?

What is Europe and what defines a European? This free course, Who are Europeans?, looks at the development of identities within Europe and the European Union. You will assess the mechanisms through which a new identity commitment is being formed and the limitations of and oppositions to this process. Can a genuine European identity ever be created in an expanding multicultural European Union?

• Introduction
• Learning outcomes
• 1. Overview
• 1. Overview
• 1 1 Who are Europeans?
• 1.2 Measuring European identity
• 1.2.1 The role of the Eurobarometer
• 1.2.2 Summary
• 1.3 Being in Europe, being European
• 1.3.1 Europe and the EU
• 1.3.2 Summary
• 1.4 The role of European elites in the unification of Europe
• 1.4.1 Historical background
• 1.4.2 Unification and the EU
• 1.4.3 Summary
• 1.5 European identity
• 1.5.1 A true community of Europeans?
• 1.5.2 Summary
• 1.6High culture and education in the making of Europe
• 1.6.1 High culture
• 1.6.2 Education
• 1.6.3 Summary
• 1.7 Toward a European civil society?
• 1.7.1 European citizenship
• 1.7.2 Summary
• 1.8 The future of the EU
• 1.8.1 What happens next?
• 1.8.2 Summary
• 1.9 Conclusion
• References
• Acknowledgements