ISBN:
9780367478568
,
9780367478575
Language:
English
Pages:
xviii, 223 Seiten
,
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Series Statement:
Routledge advances in sociology
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Díez Medrano, Juan Europe in Love
DDC:
306.84/5094
Keywords:
Nationalism
;
Dual nationality
;
Married people
;
Cosmopolitanism
;
Transnationalism
;
Europa
;
Gesellschaft
;
Binationales Paar
Abstract:
"Inter-marriage both reflects and brings social change. This book draws on a unique survey to randomly selected samples of national and European binational couples to demonstrate that the latter are core cells of a future European society. Unrestricted freedom of movement has enabled a rise in the number of lower-class and middle-class binational couples between Europeans. Euro-couples fully integrate in their host cities but secure less support in solving everyday problems than do national ones, partly because of a relatively small network of relatives living close-by. Embeddedness in a dense international network and a cosmopolitan outlook also distinguish them from national couples. The book challenges the view of cosmopolitanism as exclusively middle-class and highlights contrasts between lower-class and middle-class binational couples. Furthermore, it shows that social cosmopolitanism among binational couples is not matched by a commensurate weaker national identification that would enhance support to a more federal Europe. This book is primarily addressed to the general public interested in contemporary European society and to academics interested in inter-marriage. Since the chapters are quasi stand-alone pieces devoted to specific topics, it provides suitable reading material for social stratification, social networks, civil society, popular culture, and European integration undergraduate and graduate courses"--
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