National and Regional Symbolic Boundaries in the European Commission: Towards an Ever-Closer Union?

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Daniel Drewski (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)

National and Regional Symbolic Boundaries in the European Commission

Towards an Ever-Closer Union?

Daniel Drewski (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)

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English

Routledge
31 May 2023

Research methods: general; Regional studies; Society & culture: general; Sociology: work & labour; Politics & government

Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

The process of European integration and the transfer of political authority from the national to the European level have led to the emergence of a field of EU policy making in Brussels, which attracts professionals and experts from all EU member states. This book contributes to research on the dynamics of social integration unfolding at the heart of this field. Based on in-depth interviews with officials working for the European Commission – the EU’s supranational organization – the author explores the perception and negotiation of symbolic boundaries related to their diverse national and regional backgrounds. In line with their cosmopolitan attitudes and role-conception as European civil servants, Commission officials tend to de-emphasize national and regional divisions among them. Nevertheless, subtle symbolic boundaries remain in connection with their diverse organizational cultures, working language preferences, professional values and influence and career prospects. This nuanced account of patterns of social categorization and group-making in a European context will appeal to sociologists with interests in European integration and the emergence of social fields and groups beyond the nation state.

By: Daniel Drewski (Freie Universität Berlin Germany)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367620035
ISBN 10: 0367620030
Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 31 May 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Daniel Drewski is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Sociology at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.