Abstract
European integration efforts have long envisioned the creation of unity out of diversity. The preamble to the Treaty of Rome famously set out the determination of the signatories “to establish the foundations of an ever closer union among the European peoples.” The creation of unity has entailed the building of common policies, but increasingly also of a com- mon culture and identity. Thus, since the end of the Cold War, moves to create a European market also have become attempts to construct a European society, and efforts toward unity have been accompanied by a new valuing of diversity. Since the 1990s, mobilizations against the ratification of various treaties have raised sensitivity among politicians toward the opinions of diverse interest groups in the European Union (EU) and have led politicians to address a perceived “democratic deficit” in European decision-making processes. In addition, the enlargement of the Union to 27 member states gave rise to unprecedented societal and political diversity and new demands for rights and recognition.
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Thiel, M., Prügl, E. (2009). Understanding Diversity In The European Integration Project. In: Prügl, E., Thiel, M. (eds) Diversity in the European Union. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230104167_1
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