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Irregular migration in the European Union (EU) dominates the current EU political agenda. It is also the top concern of European citizens, according to the latest Standard Eurobarometer (Spring 2019).38 EU member states, however, are not affected to the same degree, resulting in political friction with regard to how to deal with the challenges of this phenomenon. Furthermore, the EU's failure to provide an adequate and unitary response to the unprecedented influx of irregular migrants in 2015 exposed the strength of state sovereignty within member states and led to divisions within the EU so far as to threaten the overall functioning of the Schengen Area. As a result, the EU approach to irregular migration shows clear signs of following an intergovernmental logic of cooperation, where the supranational institutions have a lesser role leaving member states in the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council in the driving seat. Nonetheless, there is an apparent paradox: EU institutions and member states are more divided than ever over a common approach to irregular migration, yet at the same time they are increasingly converging towards more restrictive migration policies. ; peer-reviewed

Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: European futures, past and present -- Part 1 The future of EU financial, economic and social policies -- 2 The EU capital market: 'carrying on' into the future? -- 3 European economic governance: past, present and future -- 4 The future of EU social and labour market policy: between a European social union and an EU regulatory welfare state? -- Part 2 The future of EU environmental, digital and migration policies -- 5 Environment and climate 2050: common purpose or constraining dissensus? -- 6 Normative, protective, transformative Europe: digital and climate meta-policies -- 7 Migration and the future of Europe -- Part 3 The future of EU external relations -- 8 The future of EU trade policy in turbulent times -- 9 EU foreign affairs and the future: multilevel opportunities vs. multilayered risks -- Part 4 European futures across policy areas -- 10 Member state constellations and the 'future of Europe' debate -- 11 Towards a win-win package deal and more effective decision-making in a union faced with disruptive change -- 12 The future of Europe: alternative scenarios -- 13 Conclusion: the future of European integration to 2050 across scenarios and policy areas -- Index.

Analysis of articles devoted to the EU and EU-Russia relations in broadly representative Russian national newspapers reveals the level of attention paid to the EU, the kind of EU image - positive or negative - that dominates in Russian media, and the characteristics that are associated with the EU in the Russian media. The evidence suggests that the EU image is rather stable and slightly positive. However, the EU's image is also ambivalent, and the majority of EU characteristics are bipolar, with negative and positive characteristics opposing each other. The frequency of mentioning positive and negative characteristics is broadly balanced, confirming the conclusion that the EU image in the Russian press is neutral or slightly positive. Adapted from the source document.

Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: Between Social Theory and European Integration -- 2 New Practices of Citizenship -- 3 Individuals, Communities and Knowledge in an Era of Identity Politics -- 4 Identity and Experience -- 5 Forms of Multiculturalism -- 6 Symbolic Multiculturalism and Affirmative Action -- 7 The Creation of European Identity -- 8 Citizenship and the Role of Cultural Policy -- 9 Subsidiarity and Citizenship -- 10 Conclusion -- Bibliography

This paper examines the role that culture, the information society, and media play in forming stable and productive communities. Through a theory of culture defined by conflict and play, it examines the history of Europe as a concept, issues of continental identity, and the impact/intent of European Union policy initiatives regarding culture and media. It suggests that although some EU policy approaches are well designed, there is a great deal of room for improvement in their conceptualisation and execution. By understanding culture and media to be intertwined but not identical, we can see how the arts and media can be used to create community not only in their distribution and consumption but also in the very fact of their creation. Moreover, by situating culture and media within contemporary socio-political frameworks, particularly the deregulatory atmosphere supported by transnational corporate interests and the construction of a commodified neoliberal citizen, the paper argues for a conceptualisation of culture that can exist within contemporary systems of capital while retaining the potential for oppositional and critical ontologies. It concludes with specific suggestions for EU policy and funding directives through analyses of two visual culture phenomena, the 2002 film L'Auberge Espanole and the 2005 Venice Biennale.