Introduction : diversity and adaptation in the enlarged European Union / Jan Zielonka and Peter Mair -- Eastern enlargement of the European Union and the identity of Europe / Dieter Fuchs and Hans-Dieter Klingemann -- Culture and national identity : 'the East' and European integration / David D....

This paper explores how European integration impacts the national identities of member states. Identity is an amorphous concept, and so this paper focuses on one dimension of it: the perception of relative status of the nation that nationalized individuals possess. Perceptions of relative...

How important is spatial identity in shifting preferences for redistribution? This paper takes advantage of within-country variability in the adoption of a single currency as an instrument to examine the impact of the rescaling of spatial identity in Europe. We draw upon data from the last three...