UID:
edocfu_9961560812502883
Format:
1 online resource (252 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-04-010693-5
,
1-03-269090-9
Series Statement:
Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies
Content:
This edited book sheds new light on the understanding of solidarity, reciprocity and fairness from the perspective of European Union (EU) citizens and with this, how cohesion in the EU can be achieved.
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Cohesion, solidarity, fairness and reciprocity: clarifying the concepts in the EU context -- 3 Exploring how Europeans understand solidarity in the EU: a focus group approach -- 4 Finland: "We should not get help either if we're in a shitty situation and we've put ourselves there" -- 5 Germany: "We profit if the EU, if other countries are doing well" -- 6 The Netherlands: A "small frog country", but also the "best boy in class"? -- 7 Greece: "What it should be? It should be everybody giving and everybody helping" -- 8 Portugal: "We are living at the expense of European funds but these funds have been misused" -- 9 Spain: "A second-class country lagging behind Europe": "The better Europe does, the better Spain will do" -- 10 Latvia: "We should stand strongly together and support each other as much as we can" -- 11 Lithuania: Consistently pro-European but still "a bit of a scrooge" -- 12 Slovakia: "Why should we save their ass, when it's their own fault?" -- 13 Solidarity in the European Union: results of comparative analysis of the focus group discussions -- 14 National storylines and topoi found in the focus group discussions -- 15 Conclusion -- Annexes -- References -- Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-03-266576-9
Language:
English
