Understand the European Identity through the Institutional Embeddedness Theory: The Case of the Crisis of Migrants/ Refugees
Understand the European Identity through the Institutional Embeddedness Theory: The Case of the Crisis of Migrants/ Refugees

Summary/Abstract: The present article aligns itself to numerous questions related to the effects of the 2015’s identity crisis bursting from side to side within the European Union. As the homogenous block is facing one of its biggest challenges in a form of a “migrants/refugees” crisis, an issue that is still difficult to control, the essay focuses on the role of European institutions as “value inhibitors” and crisis corporate managers”. As such, the available literature emphasized the institutional embeddedness theory to understand how European identity is already integrated (Granovetter, 1985) in the spirit of its members, particularly since the formation of the continental project since the 1990s. However, theoretical findings coming from three major research areas allow us to understand the construction of a socialized European Union. These areas are International relations (IR), Public Administration (PA) and Organizational Theory (OT). Research then processes on thematic and chronological analysis of secondary data (press articles, press releases from institutions, survey results) dealing with the issue of migration movement. Major findings highlight the lack of symbolisms inside institutions to raise their standards and place European Union as identity superpower, even though they take significant initiatives to use the refugees/migrants crisis, with one and only purpose: Strengthening social relations between the state-members of the Union

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