Europeanization and the Emergence of a European Society

Better the devil you know: Threat effects and attachment to the European Union

“…The EU under Threat: The EU U T There has been a growing normalisation of the EU in the lives of its citizens. In terms of daily reality -including personal and business relationships, travel and consumer trends (Diez Medrano, 2008). There is a growing recognition that while few would Smith, 1995), daily exposure to EU related norms, symbols and practices is likely to play a role in shaping identification with and support for the European Union (Bruter 2003(Bruter , 2009Castiglione, 2009;Manners, 2011;McNamara, 2010;Priban, 2009;Trenz 2004Trenz , 2006.…”

Research Methods in European Union Studies

“…Europeanisation is, however, increasingly evident in daily reality -as reflected in personal and business relationships and travel and consumer trends (Diez Medrano, 2008). There is a growing recognition that while few would 'die for Europe' (Smith, 1995: 139) daily exposure to EU related norms, symbols and practices is likely to play a role in shaping identification with and support for the EU (e.g.…”

Family and social dynamics among European mixed couples

“…In addition, and regardless of the fact men and women have different cultural origins, one might expect marital conflicts to arise primarily on account of personal characteristics rather than as a result of cultural disentanglements, in that we are dealing with a social group linked by similar attitudes, behaviours and lifestyles, which is part of an emerging European social class (Díez Medrano 2008). All in all, they would represent what I have labelled an intraEuropean homogamy (Gaspar 2009a), whose marital dynamics and conjugal conflicts do not differ significantly from other monocultural partnerships.…”

“…Moreover, as family formation is most often a non-linear process, European intra-marriages can be the result of either (1) the mobility of one free-mover who meets a native citizen in the host society (free-mover/national-stayer type) or (2) the mobility of two free-movers from different EU countries into a third one (free-mover/free-mover type) (Piper 2003;Scott and Cartledge 2009). Considering the nature of this typology, I believe the free-mover/free-mover combination may lead to certain lifestyle, behaviour and identity patterns that are closer to a denationalised existence, that is to say, one that is 'less national' and 'more European' (Díez Medrano 2008;Favell 2008). In exploring the mobility trajectories in which our respondents met their partners, our results indicate half of the couples of this group (four of eight) included European man-European women combinations, while the remaining partnerships were Portuguese men-European women (two) and Portuguese women-European men (two).…”