Changing European Identities

Moves towards federalism within the European Union and the political transition since the collapse of Communism have given rise to a number of developments such as the resurgence of nationalism and the creation of new nations and alliances which European populations are sked to identify with. These changes pose a number of challenges for social psychology and provide a topical context for exploring the validity, and pushing back the limits of current theories. In this book, a group of predominantly European academics explore these issues and changes primarily through different versions of social identity theory and representational identity theory. This range of approaches should make this book useful for undergraduate students, academics and professionals in social psychology. It aims to provide a new perspective on people's reactions to change in Europe for a wide range of social and political scientists and analysts.