The European Union as an object of insecure collective attachment : a response to ‘Brexit: Who is afraid of group attachment? Part I. Europe: What Europe?’ by Arturo Ezquerro
dc.contributor.author | Sochos, Antigonos | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-09-01T09:11:45Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-09-01T09:11:45Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-04-07 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Sochos A (2021) 'The European Union as an object of insecure collective attachment', Group Analysis, 54 (2), pp. 299-304. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0533-3164 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/05333164211001281 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10547/625518 | |
dc.description.abstract | In this commentary I argue that the European Union has been functioning as an insecure object of collective attachment for large parts of the European population for many years. According to attachment theory, in relationships of asymmetrical power insecure attachment is formed as the narrative constructed by the most powerful party overwrites the authentic experience of the weakest, generating conflicted representation of self and the attachment object. That attachment object may be interpersonal or collective. The EU narrative on how it safeguards democracy and citizen well-being contradicts the true experience of many Europeans who struggle to make ends meet in neoliberal Europe. On this basis, an insecure collective bond with the EU is established, as the latter fails to recognize and address the needs of many of its citizens. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Sage | en_US |
dc.relation.url | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/05333164211001281 | en_US |
dc.subject | European Union | en_US |
dc.subject | attachment | en_US |
dc.title | The European Union as an object of insecure collective attachment : a response to ‘Brexit: Who is afraid of group attachment? Part I. Europe: What Europe?’ by Arturo Ezquerro | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1461-717X | |
dc.contributor.department | University of Bedfordshire | en_US |
dc.identifier.journal | Group Analysis | en_US |
dc.date.updated | 2022-09-01T09:09:43Z | |
dc.description.note | submitted with no full text. author contacted for AAM 1/9/22 but not going to delay putting through to repository as will not be compliant anyway. |