A Troublesome Historical Legacy Nationalism, Integration and Differentiation in Europe

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  • Carlos Domper Lasús

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cleavages, differentiation, elections, European Union, nationalism

Resumo

Nationalism and differentiation are two of the hottest topics in the current European politics context. Based on the existing literature, this article seeks to establish what relationship exists between these two phenomena by analysing them from two perspectives: the political science one and the historical one. Thus, the paper discusses the evolution of the institutional structure of the modern state in Europe and shows how this institutional structure was transformed by the European integration process. The main conclusion arising from this paper is that the influence of nationalism in setting the institutional framework of the European states, is one of the key factors to explain the current configuration of European Union as a “system of integrated differentiation”.

Biografia do Autor

  • Carlos Domper Lasús

    is currently pursuing his PhD in Political History at the Political Science Department at LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome. He got his degree in History and his Advanced Studies Diploma in Contemporary History at Zaragoza University. In addition, he has carried out several research stays at Bourgogne University (2006-2007), Central European University (2012), Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2015), University of California, San Diego (2016) and Instituto de Ciências Sociais at Lisbon University (2016).

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01-11-2016

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«A Troublesome Historical Legacy Nationalism, Integration and Differentiation in Europe». 2016. Estrema: Revista Interdisciplinar De Humanidades 1 (9): 19. https://www.estrema.letras.ulisboa.pt/ojs/index.php/estrema/article/view/45.