Collective Identity and Democracy in the Enlarging Europe

Social scientists mostly from Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland but also elsewhere in Eastern and Western Europe report the findings of a five-year research project on the link between democracy and the functioning of the European Union. In particular, they investigate changes in established identities in the old and new European Union member states, and offer theoretical reflections on new processes in identity construction and reconstruction. Among the topics are democracy and identity in Europe after enlargement, Turkish elite perceptions of the European project, urbanity and identity in Poland after accession, the European identity of Polish pendulum migrants, and homophobia in Central and Eastern Europe. The volume begins a new series. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Magdalena Gora is Assistant Professor at the Institute of European Studies at Jagiellonian University, Krakow (Poland). Her academic interests include processes of collective identity formation in the context of EU enlargement, the European Union as an actor in international relations, contemporary Polish foreign policy, and Polish-Jewish and Polish-Israeli relations.
Zdzislaw Mach is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute of European Studies at Jagiellonian University, Krakow. His research interests are identity issues such as nationalism, minorities and ethnicity, the development of European citizenship, migration and the reconstruction of identity, the ethnic origin of nation and the construction of identities, as well as the development of the idea of Europe.
Katarzyna Zielinska is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Sociology and International Programmes Coordinator at the Institute of European Studies at Jagiellonian University, Krakow. Her academic interests include gender issues in Central and Eastern Europe as well as the intersection of religion and politics in modern democratic societies.