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Europe in the Political Imagination

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Perceptions of the EU tend to be studied by examining responses to targeted opinion polls. This paper looks instead at how citizens draw Europe into a wider discussion of politics and political problems. Based on a series of group discussions with taxi‐drivers in Britain, Germany and the Czech Republic, it examines the motifs speakers use to explain the origins of problems, the assumptions they make about their susceptibility to address, and how, when these patterned ways of speaking are applied to the EU, they serve to undermine its credibility as a positive source of political agency.

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  • Jonathan White, 2010. "Europe in the Political Imagination," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 48(4), pages 1015-1038, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jcmkts:v:48:y:2010:i:4:p:1015-1038
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2010.02084.x
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    1. White, Jonathan, 2009. "Thematization and Collective Positioning in Everyday Political Talk," British Journal of Political Science, Cambridge University Press, vol. 39(4), pages 699-709, October.
    2. Jonathan White, 2010. "Europe and the Common," Political Studies, Political Studies Association, vol. 58, pages 104-122, February.
    3. Duchesne, Sophie & Haegel, Florence, 2007. "Avoiding or Accepting Conflict in Public Talk," British Journal of Political Science, Cambridge University Press, vol. 37(1), pages 1-22, January.
    4. Jonathan White, 2010. "Europe and the Common," Political Studies, Political Studies Association, vol. 58(1), pages 104-122, February.
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    2. Laurie Beaudonnet & Céline Belot & Hélène Caune & Anne‐Marie Houde & Damien Pennetreau, 2023. "Narrating Europe: (Re‐)constructed and Contested Visions of the European Project in Citizens' Discourse," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 61(1), pages 161-178, January.

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