Cross-border mobility and European identity: The effectiveness of intergroup contact during the ERASMUS year abroad

Cross-border people mobility has long been seen as a promising method to promote European integration. In this article, I test the premise that the ERASMUS student experience abroad and direct interpersonal contact promote a European identity. The results draw from a two-wave longitudinal survey on...

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Vydané v:European Union politics Ročník 11; číslo 2; s. 241 - 265
Hlavný autor: Sigalas, Emmanuel
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: London, England SAGE Publications 01.06.2010
Sage Publications Ltd
Predmet:
Accession
Borders
Cultural contact
Effectiveness
Erasmus programme
Europe
European integration
European Union
Europeanization
Foreign students
Geographic mobility
Identity
Identity formation
Intergroup contact
Intergroup relations
Longitudinal studies
Mobility
Political development
Regression Analysis
Side effects
Social contact
Student participation
Students
Study abroad
intergroup contact
ERASMUS
Karl Deutsch
European identity
student mobility
ISSN:1465-1165, 1741-2757
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Shrnutí:Cross-border people mobility has long been seen as a promising method to promote European integration. In this article, I test the premise that the ERASMUS student experience abroad and direct interpersonal contact promote a European identity. The results draw from a two-wave longitudinal survey on two samples of ERASMUS students who studied in continental Europe and England, respectively. Although studying abroad led to increased socializing with other Europeans, contact with host country students remained limited. The paired sample t-tests reveal that ERASMUS does not strengthen students’ European identity; on the contrary, it can have an adverse effect on it. Nevertheless, the regression analyses show that increased socializing with Europeans has a positive, though modest, impact on European identity.
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ISSN:1465-1165
1741-2757
DOI:10.1177/1465116510363656