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This award-winning book seeks to answer some of the big questions on the legitimacy of the European. It does so by tracing the history of constructions and contestations of the EU's legitimacy in discourses of the European institutions and in public debate drawing on findings from a vast and di...
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| Language: | English |
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Palgrave studies in European Union politics
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EU & European institutions
> c 1945 to c 2000 Post-war period
> c 2000 to c 2010
> EU European Union
Political science & theory
> c 1945 to c 2000 Post-war period
> c 2000 to c 2010
> EU European Union
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This award-winning book seeks to answer some of the big questions on the legitimacy of the European. It does so by tracing the history of constructions and contestations of the EU's legitimacy in discourses of the European institutions and in public debate drawing on findings from a vast and diverse range of sources. 'To the much studied and contested subject of EU legitimacy this book brings a rare historical depth and a rich analysis of the shifting discursive strategies used by the different political actors to legitimate the EU's existence and institutions, or to challenge them in turn. It helps put the current crisis of EU legitimacy into a much broader perspective.' David Beetham, Professor Emeritus, University of Leeds, UK and Honorary Fellow, Human Rights Centre, University of Essex, UK. With the Eurocrisis and its aftermath, the struggle for legitimacy in EU politics has never been so acute. In |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9781137327833, 2013. |
| Carrier Form: | 296 p. |
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9781137327833 9781137327840 : 1137327847 : |
| CLC: | D950.1 |
| Contents: | Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction: Approaching Legitimacy through Discursive Meanings Plan of the Book PART I: PEACE, PROSPERITY, AND PROGRESS: EARLY LEGITIMATING NARRATIVES, 1950s-1970s 1. Indispensability 2. The European Common Good 3. Enlightened Social Engineering 4. Legality 5. Conclusion PART II: DEMOCRACY AND OTHER CHALLENGES: EARLY COUNTER-DISCOURSES, 1950s-1970s 6. Democracy 7. Intergovernmentalism 8. Challenges to Functional Problem-Solving 9. Conclusion PART III: A EUROPE CLOSER TO THE CITIZENS: THE PEOPLE'S EUROPE PROJECT OF THE 1980s 10. Citizen Expectations and |