An Identity for Europe: The Relevance of Multiculturalism in EU Construction

by Riva Kastoryano (Editor), Susan Emmanuel (Translator)

This book looks at the role of multiculturalism in the complex construction of the European Union, acknowledging the tension of creating a new political space for identities that are simultaneously national, regional, linguistic, and religious, and yet strive to encompass a political and geographic whole.

270 pages, Hardcover

First published April 15, 2009

About the author

Riva Kastoryano is a Senior Research Fellow at the National Center for Scientific Research and teaches at the Institute for Political Science, both in Paris. The author of several books in French, her work has focused on community formation and the construction of collective identities in different political settings.