Sticking Together Because We're Stuck Together: Solidarity, Indivisibility, and Collective Action in the European Union

Fogarty, Edward A. (2011) Sticking Together Because We're Stuck Together: Solidarity, Indivisibility, and Collective Action in the European Union. UNSPECIFIED. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Starting from the premise that popular support is increasingly a necessary condition for European Union initiatives, this paper utilizes the concept of solidarity to attempt to better specify the nature of “we feeling” in Europe and its relationship to support for institutionalized collective action through the EU. Building on the Europeanization literature’s examination of the socialization of individuals toward European norms, the paper distinguishes between shared identities and common fate, arguing that the literature has tended to privilege the former over the latter. Using recent Eurobarometer public opinion surveys, this paper explores the different measures of identity and common fate and their apparent relationship to support for collective action across a range of issue areas.

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