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  bibo_abstract:
  - Comparisons of British and German public opinion show marked cross-national differences
    in levels of attachment to country and Europe. The respective trends are empirically
    well-documented and can be framed in plausible socio-historical explanations.
    Based on a mail survey administered to all Berlin and London state secondary school
    head teachers, my research offers an alternative view on apparent cross-national
    cleavages in levels of attachment to Britain/Germany and Europe. Looking beyond
    one-dimensional comparisons and macro-level explanations, my statistical analyses
    reveal a number of striking cross-national similarities. Conceptually, my research
    draws on Bourdieu’s notions of habitus and cultural capital. Within this framework,
    I regard people’s attachments to country and Europe as learned and habituated,
    yet open to modification and reconstruction through reflexive agency, educational
    practices, and the acquisition of intercultural capital. I operationalise the
    latter as a combination of language skills, experience of living abroad, and intercultural
    friendships. My statistical analyses demonstrate that if respondents share intercultural
    experiences and skills as well as notions of the respective object of attachment,
    they are likely to report similar levels of attachment to country and Europe –
    irrespective of their national background. Further cross-national similarities
    include the perceived salience of Europe’s cultural history, positive evaluations
    of EU policies in the area of human rights and minority protection, and positive
    associations between levels of attachment to country and levels of attachment
    to Europe. The respective findings illustrate how cleavages between ‘us’ and ‘them’
    often turn out to be less clear-cut than they may appear at first glance. As I
    argue throughout, teachers and school managers can play an important part in furthering
    reflexive engagement with easily taken for granted and stereotyped notions of
    the ‘Other’.@eng
  bibo_authorlist:
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Andreas
      foaf_name: Pöllmann, Andreas
      foaf_surname: Pöllmann
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=77437
    orcid: 0000-0002-9090-2547
  dct_date: 2008^xs_gYear
  dct_language: eng
  dct_publisher: Department of Sociology, University of Essex@
  dct_title: 'Berlin and London head teachers'' attachment to country and Europe:
    Beyond apparent cross-national differences@'
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