The Identity of CEE (Prof. Zdzisław Mach)
CEE in Context: Identity, History, CEE in the World
The aim of this lecture is to debate the roots and outcomes of a specific CEE identity. Recent developments, influenced by systemic transformation, democratisation and Europeanisation are discussed. The process of change is perceived form two different angles – as an adaptation to institutional structures of the European Union, and a system of norms and values. Among the key questions addressed in this lecture are: Does CEE have a common identity? If so, are there any distinguishing features of this identity? Have collective identities in CEE been subject to change through overlapping processes of transformation, eastern enlargement and Europeanisation?
Bibliography:
- Mach Z. (2007). ‘Constructing Identities in a Post-Communist Society: Ethnic, National and European’, in Fahy Bryceson, D., Okely, J., Webber, J. (eds), Identity and Networks. Fashioning Gender and Ethnicity Across Cultures, Berghahn Books: Oxford: 54-72.
- Sztompka P. (2004). ‘From East Europeans to Europeans: shifting collective identities and symbolic boundaries in the New Europe’, European Review, Vol. 12, No. 4: 481–496.
- Dixon, J.C. and Fullerton, A.S. (2014). ‘For and against European Union expansion: Examining mixed opinion on enlargement and specific countries’ entries’, International Journal of Comparative Sociology, October 2014 55: 357-378.
- Blokker P. (2006). ‘The Post-enlargement European Order: Europe ‘United in Diversity’?’, European Diversity and Autonomy Papers – EDAP.
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