The search for a European identity: values, policies and legitimacy of the European Union/ edited by Furio Cerutti and Sonia Lucarelli. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2008. - xiii, 232 p. ; 25 cm. - Routledge/GARNET series; 2. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1: Theorizing the Link between Identity and Legitimacy -- 1. Why Legitimacy and Political Identity are Connected to Each Other, Especially in the Case of the European Union -- 2. Identity, Legitimacy and Foreign Policy -- Part 2: Memory and Space -- 3. Europe, War and Remembrance -- 4. Identity and Capital Cities: European Nations and the European Union -- Part 3: Politics and Ethics: The Regulation of Technology -- 5. Global Warming and European Political Identity -- 6. EU Food Safety Policy and Public Debate -- 7. EU Red Biotechnology Regulations and European Values -- Part 4: Social and Civil Europe - 8. The European Social Model(s) and the Self Image of Europe -- 9. The Double Face of Civil Society -- Part 5: Outside the EU: Policies and Images -- 10. Human Rights Promotion -- 11. Judicial Policies and European Enlargement -- 12. How Do the Others See Us? European Political Identity and the External Image of the EU -- 13. Conclusions

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Environmental policy--European Union countries.
Human rights--European Union countries.


European Union countries--Foreign relations.
European Union countries--Social policy.
European Union countries--Politics and government.

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