Framing Societal Cosmopolitanism in Europe. A Theoretical-Empirical Research Study

<span class="abs_content">Inspired by the notion of 'societal cosmopolitanism' (Pendenza 2015a) - that combines at-tachment to local territory and openness towards others - social relations on the part of Europeans are tested empirically. The article posits that this type o...

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Autores principales: Massimo Pendenza, Livia Garcìa Faroldi
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:d6193225a5844c1faa50876ec17895d42021-11-21T15:11:38ZFraming Societal Cosmopolitanism in Europe. A Theoretical-Empirical Research Study1972-76232035-660910.1285/i20356609v8i3p695https://doaj.org/article/d6193225a5844c1faa50876ec17895d42015-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/paco/article/view/15588https://doaj.org/toc/1972-7623https://doaj.org/toc/2035-6609<span class="abs_content">Inspired by the notion of 'societal cosmopolitanism' (Pendenza 2015a) - that combines at-tachment to local territory and openness towards others - social relations on the part of Europeans are tested empirically. The article posits that this type of cosmopolitanism can exist in concomitance with oth-er relational forms towards Otherness. Its main characteristic lies in the idea that it is not nourished by the abstract principle according to which such status can be attributed only if one feels a 'citizen of the world'. On the contrary, without totally rejecting the idea, societal cosmopolitan mantains that if cosmopolitanism is to shrug off its abstraction, it requires a social anchorage to root it more firmly to real life. From a meth-odological perspective, a contrastive analysis is putting in place relative to research carried out on Europe-an cosmopolitanism and subsequently tested empirically using data from EB71.3. Findings showed that almost 25.0% (30-40% in specific countries) of the European citizens fit the description 'societal cosmopoli-tans'.</span><br />Massimo PendenzaLivia Garcìa FaroldiCoordinamento SIBAarticleeuropecosmopolitanismsocietal cosmoplitanismbelongingidentityPolitical science (General)JA1-92ENPartecipazione e Conflitto, Vol 8, Iss 3, Pp 695-717 (2015)
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topic europe
cosmopolitanism
societal cosmoplitanism
belonging
identity
Political science (General)
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cosmopolitanism
societal cosmoplitanism
belonging
identity
Political science (General)
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Massimo Pendenza
Livia Garcìa Faroldi
Framing Societal Cosmopolitanism in Europe. A Theoretical-Empirical Research Study
description <span class="abs_content">Inspired by the notion of 'societal cosmopolitanism' (Pendenza 2015a) - that combines at-tachment to local territory and openness towards others - social relations on the part of Europeans are tested empirically. The article posits that this type of cosmopolitanism can exist in concomitance with oth-er relational forms towards Otherness. Its main characteristic lies in the idea that it is not nourished by the abstract principle according to which such status can be attributed only if one feels a 'citizen of the world'. On the contrary, without totally rejecting the idea, societal cosmopolitan mantains that if cosmopolitanism is to shrug off its abstraction, it requires a social anchorage to root it more firmly to real life. From a meth-odological perspective, a contrastive analysis is putting in place relative to research carried out on Europe-an cosmopolitanism and subsequently tested empirically using data from EB71.3. Findings showed that almost 25.0% (30-40% in specific countries) of the European citizens fit the description 'societal cosmopoli-tans'.</span><br />
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author Massimo Pendenza
Livia Garcìa Faroldi
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title Framing Societal Cosmopolitanism in Europe. A Theoretical-Empirical Research Study
title_short Framing Societal Cosmopolitanism in Europe. A Theoretical-Empirical Research Study
title_full Framing Societal Cosmopolitanism in Europe. A Theoretical-Empirical Research Study
title_fullStr Framing Societal Cosmopolitanism in Europe. A Theoretical-Empirical Research Study
title_full_unstemmed Framing Societal Cosmopolitanism in Europe. A Theoretical-Empirical Research Study
title_sort framing societal cosmopolitanism in europe. a theoretical-empirical research study
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