Changing European Identities
Social Psychological Analyses of Social Change
1st Edition
Published on 1. June 2026
Book
Hardback
470 pages
978-1-041-30995-6 (ISBN)
Description
In the 1990s, moves towards federalism within the European Union, and the political transition since the collapse of Communism had given rise to a number of developments, such as the resurgence of nationalism and the creation of new nations and alliances which European populations were asked to identify with. These changes posed a number of challenges for social psychology, and provided a highly topical and relevant context for exploring the validity, and extending the limits, of current theories.
In this book, originally published in 1996, reissued here with a new preface, a group of predominantly European academics explore these issues and challenges - primarily through different versions of social identity theory, but also through alternative models such as alienation theory and representational identity theory. This range of approaches made Changing European Identities an extremely useful text for undergraduate and research students, academics and professionals in social psychology at the time. It also provided a valuable and new perspective on people's reactions to change in Europe for a wide range of social and political scientists and analysts. Today it can be read in its historical perspective.
In this book, originally published in 1996, reissued here with a new preface, a group of predominantly European academics explore these issues and challenges - primarily through different versions of social identity theory, but also through alternative models such as alienation theory and representational identity theory. This range of approaches made Changing European Identities an extremely useful text for undergraduate and research students, academics and professionals in social psychology at the time. It also provided a valuable and new perspective on people's reactions to change in Europe for a wide range of social and political scientists and analysts. Today it can be read in its historical perspective.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Adult education, General, and Postgraduate
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
835 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-041-30995-6 (9781041309956)
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Glynis Breakwell | Evanthia Lyons
Changing European Identities
Social Psychological Analyses of Social Change
E-Book
06/2026
Routledge
€43.49
Available for download
Glynis Breakwell | Evanthia Lyons
Changing European Identities
Social Psychological Analyses of Social Change
E-Book
06/2026
Routledge
€43.49
Available for download
Persons
Dame Glynis M. Breakwell is a social psychologist whose work has focussed upon identity (unique and shared), responses to risk and threat (especially in public crises), and the personal and social significance of mistrust and social representation processes. She holds Emeritus Professorships in psychology at the University of Bath and the University of Surrey and is a visiting Professor in the Institute for Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and an Honorary Fellow of the British Psychological Society.
Evanthia Lyons
Evanthia Lyons
Content
List of Contributors. New Preface Part One: Towards a Social Psychological Analysis of Social Change in Europe 1. Changing European Identities and Social Change in Europe: A Challenge for Social Psychology Evanthia Lyons and Glynis M. Breakwell 2. Identity Processes and Social Changes Glynis M. Breakwell Part Two: Changing National Identities? 3. Coping with Social Change: Processes of Social Memory in the Reconstruction of Identities Evanthia Lyons 4. Unimagined Community? Some Social Psychological Issues Concerning English National Identity Susan Condor 5. The Construction of Social Categories and Processes of Social Change: Arguing about National Identities Nick Hopkins and Steve Reicher 6. Ascribed Identities and the Social Identity Space: An Ego/Ecological Analysis Marisa Zavalloni 7. Spanish International Orientations: Between Europe and Iberoamerica Jose R. Torregrosa 8. Dimensions of Social Identity in Northern Ireland Karen Trew and Denny E. Benson 9. Cultural-Political Differences in Perception of Ethnic Concepts in Central-Eastern and Western Europe Viera Bacova and Patricia Ellis 10. Changing Social Identities of the Bulgarians Velina Topalova 11. Nationalism as an International Ideology: Imagining the Nation, Others and the World of Nations Michael Billig 12. Regional Identity Formation and Community Integration in the Lega Lombarda Carlo E. Ruzza 13. A Safe European Home? Global Environmental Change and European National Identities Jonathan Chase 14. Vietnamese Refugees in Finland - Changing Cultural Identity Karmela Liebkind 15. Migrant Identities in Conflict: Acculturation Attitudes and Perceived Acculturation Ideologies Gabriel Horenczyk Part Three: Constructing a European Identity 16. A Social Identity Perspective on European Integration Marco Cinnirella 17. Social Representations of History and Attitudes to European Unification in Britain, France and Germany Denis J. Hilton, Hans-Peter Erb, Mark Dermot and David J. Molian 18. How Group Membership is Formed: Self Categorisation or Group Beliefs? The Construction of a European Identity in France and Greece Xenia Chryssochoou 19. Components of Social Identity or the Achilles Heel of the Field in the Case of the European Integration? Elisabeth S. Sousa 20. Intergroup Attitudes, Levels of Identification and Social Change Margarita Sanchez-Mazas 21. English Children's Acquisition of a European Identity Martyn Barrett 22. In Search of the 'Euro-Manager': Convergences and Divergences in Event Management Peter B. Smith and Mark Peterson 23. Reality Changes Faster than Research: National and Supranational Identity in Social Representations of the European Community in the Context of Changes in International Relations Annamaria Silvana de Rosa Part Four: Coping with Social Change 24. Social Identity of East Germans: The Process of Unification between East and West Germany as a Challenge to Cope with 'Negative Social Identity' Amelie Mummendey, Rosemarie Mielke, Michael Wenzel and Uwe Kanning 25. Alienation and Social Identity: The Bringing Together of Two Theoretical Paradigms Mary Horton. Author Index. Subject Index.