Making European Citizens? : How Participation in Model European Union Conferences Influences European Identity, Support of the EU and Political Involvement

Paul Rünz

ISBN 10: 3828833160 / ISBN 13: 9783828833166

Published by Tectum Verlag, 2014

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• Title: Making European Citizens? : How Participation in Model European Union Conferences Influences European Identity, Support of the EU and Political Involvement
• Publisher: Tectum Verlag
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3828833160
• ISBN 13: 9783828833166
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Hervorragend
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Synopsis

Model European Union (MEU) is a simulation of European politics that provides participants with a hands-on experience of the decision-making process of the European Union (EU). Hundreds of young Europeans meet each year at multi-day MEU conferences in cities across Europe. Does this experience have a measurable and lasting impact on participants knowledge about and attitudes towards the EU? And if so, how can we theoretically and empirically explain these effects? Paul Runz develops a framework for the analysis of European citizenship and discusses several mechanisms that could account for attitude changes of MEU participants. To answer his research question, he employs a quasi-experimental design with quantitative data from surveys with participants of MEU conferences in Strasbourg, France and in Mainz, Germany.