Part One The Overview The Ventotene Manifesto Reconstruction,Reconciliation, and Integration, 1945-1957 A Ferment of Change The Emerging European Union,1993-1999 European Union and Globalization The Lisbon Treaty:The End of the European Community,after a Long and Glorious Life? Part Two The Critique Cultural Studies, Complexity Studies and the Transformation of the Structures of Knowledge Multiculturalism and Political Integration in Modern Nation-States―Thematic Introduction Some Europein Their History Obstinate or Obsolete? The Fate of the Nation-State and the Case of Western Eu-rope Citizenship and European integration European Identity-Between Inclusion and Exclusion The Debate on European Values and the Case of Cultural Diversity Voiceless Submission or Deliberate Choice? European Integration and the Relation between National and European Identity Part Three The Practice EU Participation in the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions:Some Constitutional Remarks Consuming European Identity:The Inconspicuous Side of Consumerism in the EU EU Film Policy: Between Art and Commerce "United in Diversity":The Church's Experience and the European Union's Identity Motto The"Culturallndustries":A Clash of Basic Values?A Comparative Study of the EU and the NAFTA in Light of the WTO Timescapes:An Artistic Challenge to the European Union Paradigm Nation,Citizenship and Immigration in Contemporary Spain Appendix:A Selected Booklist