Becoming Europeans

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Monica Sassatelli

      Pages 1-15

3. Making the Europeans: Cultural Identity and Cultural Policy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. Imagined Europe: Narratives of European Cultural Identity

      • Monica Sassatelli

      Pages 19-45

   3. European Cultural Policies

      • Monica Sassatelli

      Pages 46-76

4. Being and Becoming: the European Capitals of Culture

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77

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   2. A Simple Idea and a Vision: the ECOC Programme

      • Monica Sassatelli

      Pages 79-108

   3. A ‘Wealth of Urban Cultures’: the European Cities of Culture in 2000

      • Monica Sassatelli

      Pages 109-138

5. Europe as a Landscape: the European Landscape Convention

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139

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   2. From Monuments to Landscapes: the European Landscape Convention

      • Monica Sassatelli

      Pages 141-167

   3. Europe as a Landscape: Unity in Diversity in Practice

      • Monica Sassatelli

      Pages 168-192

6. Conclusion

   1. Conclusion

      • Monica Sassatelli

      Pages 193-199

7. Back Matter

   Pages 201-233

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In this significant intervention into the academic and institutional debate on European cultural identity, Monica Sassatelli examines the identity-building intentions and effects of the European Capital of Culture programme, and also looks at the work of the Council of Europe and the recent European Landscape Convention.

• capital
• culture
• Europe
• identity
• Institution

Winner of the British Sociological Association Philip Abrams Memorial Prize 2010

MONICA SASSATELLI is Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology, School of Social Sciences and Cultural Studies, University of Sussex, UK.

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