摘要：Since joining the European Union for Croatia is an actual process above all, the aim of this work is to find out the relation of the identity-which has gained an increasing significance in sociology-and the desire for joining the European Union. The relation of the identity to the desire for joining the E. U. was examined on an example of Teachers College students in Split, as a social group which has, during their work-time, a very important role as an agent in the process of socializing young people. The investigation was realized by the survey-method, by means of a designed questionnaire, on a sample of 348 students of the Teachers College in Split. The socio-demographic data about students crosstabulated with their religious (the religious intensity), territorial (local community affiliation, region, Croatia, international regions, Europe, the whole world) and party-related identification (political parties preference). The studies have shown that students mostly identify with religion (88 % of answers) followed by the territorial local identification (71 % of answers), while the party-related identification is expressed by only 50 % of answers. The studies have also shown the connection of some identity aspects with particular features of social and residential status, which are to a large extent connected with the party-related identity, and to a lesser degree with the territorial identity (C-coefficients vary from 0,30 to 0,40, which makes 30% to 50 % of most possible coefficients.) A connection between particular identities (specially party-related and territorial) with the desire of joining the E. U. In the article have also been analysed and interpreted the students preferences of European countries towards their living attractiveness. The results have been compared to some earlier results of researches about single questions (about the identity in Istra, about a range of European countries in accordance with their living attractiveness on the example on young people in Zagreb).
关键词：IDENTITY; NATIONAL; RELIGIOUS; TERRITORIAL AND POLITICAL IDENTITY; CROATIA; EUROPEAN UNION (EU); STUDENTS; TEACHERS COLLEGE; DESIRE OF JOINING THE EU
