Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This book offers an empirically-based view on the numerous interconnections and cross-border practices that have come to define everyday life in contemporary Europe. It looks at the ways that EU residents have crossed borders to grow closer than ever: not only in their experiences of work and travel in foreign countries but also in their knowledge and consumption of foreign products, as well as in their general attitudes towards foreign cultures. Everyday Europe considers how people reconcile their cross-border interconnections with the turmoil and political separations that have roiled the EU in recent years.
Synopsis
Drawing on unique research and rich data on cross-border practices, this book offers an empirically-based view on Europeans' interconnections in everyday life. It looks at the ways in which EU residents have been getting closer across national frontiers: in their everyday experiences of foreign countries - work, travel, personal networks - but also their knowledge, consumption of foreign products, and attitudes towards foreign culture. These evolving European dimensions have been enabled by the EU-backed legal opening to transnational economic and cultural transactions, while also differing according to national contexts. The book considers how people reconcile their increasing cross-border interconnections and a politically separating Europe of nation states and national interests.
Synopsis
This book offers an empirically-based view on Europeans' interconnections in everyday life. It looks at the ways in which EU residents have been getting closer across national frontiers: in their everyday experiences of foreign countries - work, travel, personal networks - but also their knowledge, consumption of foreign products, and attitudes towards foreign culture. The book considers how people reconcile their increasing cross-border interconnections and a politically separating Europe of nation states and national interests.
Synopsis
This book offers an empirically-based view on Europeans' interconnections in everyday life. It looks at the ways in which EU residents have been getting closer across national frontiers. The book considers how people reconcile their increasing cross-border interconnections and a politically separating Europe of nation states and national interests.