A community of shared values? Dimensions and dynamics of cultural integration in the European Union
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in: Journal of European Integration, Jahrgang 44, Nr. 4, 19.05.2022, S. 569-590.
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T1 - A community of shared values? Dimensions and dynamics of cultural integration in the European Union
AU - Akaliyski, Plamen
AU - Welzel, Christian
AU - Hien, Josef
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2022/5/19
Y1 - 2022/5/19
N2 - The series of recent crises (EURO, refugees, backsliding, Brexit) challenge the self-portrayal of the European Union (EU) as a community of shared values. Against this backdrop, we analyse European Values Study data from 1990 till 2020 to assess the level and change in publics’ acceptance of the EU’s officially propagated values: personal freedom, individual autonomy, social solidarity, ethnic tolerance, civic honesty, gender equality and liberal democracy. We find that EU publics support these values strongly and increasingly over time. The EU-member publics are also remarkably distinct culturally from Eastern European non-EU-nations, especially concerning individual freedoms and gender equality. Simultaneously, however, member nations internalize EU-values at different speeds–alongside traditional religious fault lines that continue to differentiate Europe–in the following order from fastest to slowest: (1) Protestant, (2) Catholic, (3) Ex-communist and (4) Orthodox countries. In conclusion, the EU writ large evolves into a distinct value-sharing community at different speeds.
AB - The series of recent crises (EURO, refugees, backsliding, Brexit) challenge the self-portrayal of the European Union (EU) as a community of shared values. Against this backdrop, we analyse European Values Study data from 1990 till 2020 to assess the level and change in publics’ acceptance of the EU’s officially propagated values: personal freedom, individual autonomy, social solidarity, ethnic tolerance, civic honesty, gender equality and liberal democracy. We find that EU publics support these values strongly and increasingly over time. The EU-member publics are also remarkably distinct culturally from Eastern European non-EU-nations, especially concerning individual freedoms and gender equality. Simultaneously, however, member nations internalize EU-values at different speeds–alongside traditional religious fault lines that continue to differentiate Europe–in the following order from fastest to slowest: (1) Protestant, (2) Catholic, (3) Ex-communist and (4) Orthodox countries. In conclusion, the EU writ large evolves into a distinct value-sharing community at different speeds.
KW - culture
KW - EU-values
KW - European Union
KW - religious legacies
KW - Politics
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U2 - 10.1080/07036337.2021.1956915
DO - 10.1080/07036337.2021.1956915
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:85112072259
VL - 44
SP - 569
EP - 590
JO - Journal of European Integration
JF - Journal of European Integration
SN - 0703-6337
IS - 4
ER -