TY - GEN AU - Krzysztof Michalski TI - What Holds Europe Together? SN - 9786155053993 PY - 2005/// PB - Central European University Press KW - social ideologies KW - liberalism KW - Europe KW - European identity KW - human rights KW - economic liberalism KW - religion KW - freedom KW - European Union KW - political ideologies KW - capitalism KW - social state KW - solidarity KW - social justice KW - equality KW - deficit KW - cooperation N1 - Open Access N2 - The book addresses contemporary developments in European identity politics as part of a larger historical trajectory of a common European identity based on the idea of 'solidarity.' The authors explain the special sense in which Europeans perceive their obligations to their less fortunate compatriots, to the new East European members, and to the world at large. An understanding of this notion of 'solidarity' is critical to understanding the specific European commitment to social justice and e UR - http://books.openedition.org/ceup/1784 UR - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/62620 ER -