Cultural diversity, European identity and the legitimacy of the EU / edited by Dieter Fuchs, Hans-Dieter Klingemann.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART I. Theoretical framework -- Cultural diversity, European identity and legitimacy of the EU : a review of the debate / Olivier Ruchet -- Cultural diversity, European identity and legitimacy of the EU : a theoretical framework / Dieter Fuchs -- PART II. European identity, national identity and support for the EU -- Support of the EU and European identity : some descriptive results / Dieter Fuchs and Christian Schneider -- Multiple identities and attitudes towards cultural diversity in Europe : a conceptual and empirical analysis / Andrea Schlenker-Fischer -- National and European identity : the case of France / Isabelle Guinaudeau -- PART III. Attitude formation towards the EU -- Deliberation and the process of identity formation : civil society organizations and constitution making in the EU / Julia De Clerck-Sachsse -- National political conflict and identity formation : the diverse nature of the threat from the extreme left and extreme populist right / Simon Bornschier -- Making the polity : exploring the linkage between European citizens' and political elites' preference for European Union public policy / Catherine E. de Vries and Christine Arnold -- Explaining support for European integration : an attitudinal model / Dieter Fuchs -- Cultural diversity, European identity and the legitimacy of the EU : summary and discussion / Dieter Fuchs, Hans-Dieter Klingemann and Andrea Schlenker-Fischer.