European Citizenship Policy

• Authors: Tatransky T.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper's aim is to approach the issue of European citizenship by showing the dynamics of the related policies. While recognising the importance of the legal assessment of the Union citizenship as defined by the Treaties, much attention is paid to the socio-cultural meaning of the European citizenship, which stimulates the emergence of a supranational loyalty and a sense of belonging to the European Union. After an analysis of the historical development of the concept of European citizenship, it is empirically demonstrated that the success of the European citizenship policy depends critically on the capacity of the Union to meet the mainly pragmatic expectations of the citizens. Accordingly, the lack of a harmonised welfare system at the European level, which causes restrictions of the free movement of the Union citizens within the member states, proves to be the major disincentive of the European identification.

Keywords

EN

EU CITIZENS’ RIGHTS; EUROPEAN CITIZENSHIP (SOCIO-CULTURAL MEANING); EUROPEAN IDENTITY; HISTORY OF EU CITIZENSHIP

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Socjologiczne
• Journal: Polish Sociological Review
• Year: 2006
• Issue: 4(156)
• Pages: 471-487
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Tatransky T.

• T. Tartansky, c/o Szkola Nauk Spolecznych przy Instytucie Filozofii i Socjologii PAN, ul. Nowy Swiat 72, 00-330 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07PLAAAA02194631