Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Potsdam, Germany. His most recent publications include, as co-editor, Nationalism and European Integration; Nationalism in Contemporary Europe and Nation and Nationalism: Political and Historical Studies.

This book is the first monograph to systematically explore the relationship between citizenship and collective identity in the European Union, integrating two fields of research - citizenship and collective identity.

1. The Conceptual Dimension of Citizenship 2. Collective Identity and its Functions 3. The Debate on European Identity in the Functional Perspective 4. Reconceptualizing the Citizenship-Collective Identity 5. European Citizenship and European Collective Identity. Conclusions: Citizenship and Collective Identity in Europe.