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Begemann, Jonas (2020)

Germany’s European Identity – Discursive Creation and Use of Supranational Belonging and National Delineation in German Politics and Media, 1989 – 2017

Master thesis | History (MA)

The thesis studies the perpection of the European Union within the German Bundestag, its delegation to the Council of Europe and German newspapers. Applying frame analysis, the thesis finds, that the perception and use of European institutions from the German national positition has visibly changed over since 1989. Key changes took place around political watershed on national and international level, leading to a new relevance of the national perspective and realpolitk-alike forms of othering in the discursive structures.

European Union

EU

Germany

Identity

Othering

Author

Begemann, Jonas

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Governance of Migration and Diversity

Supervisors

Rosen Jacobson, Liesbeth

ECTS Credits

20

Language

en