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Framing European Heritage and Identity: Cultural Policy Instruments of the European Union

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Anthony ZitoORCiD, Professor Susannah EckersleyORCiD

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This submission examines the impact of the European Union (EU) policy efforts to construct a European Heritage and a sense of belonging within the wider European population on Heritage policy. The article explores how the EU has selected and wielded instruments that frame particular values that (1) respond to specific policy problems and impact European heritage(s) and (2) build political myths articulating particular visions of what the EU represents and how the population should engage with European integration. Through analysis of four case studies (European Heritage Label, the EU Horizon 2020, European Cultural Routes and the EU Energy Efficiency Directive) in a policy instrument typology, we reveal that the frames embedded in the EU policy instruments carry a range of different values and priorities that often compete, leading to policy outcomes that are fragmented in their effect.

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Author(s): Zito A, Eckersley S

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Journal of Common Market Studies

Year: 2025

Pages: epub ahead of print

Online publication date: 20/05/2025

Acceptance date: 15/04/2025

Date deposited: 02/06/2025

ISSN (print): 0021-9886

ISSN (electronic): 1468-5965

Publisher: Wiley

URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.13767

DOI: 10.1111/jcms.13767

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