The Politicization of Europe: Contesting the Constitution in the Mass Media

ISBN-13: 9780415584661 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 208 str.

Paul Statham

Opis

This book explores EU-constitution making in relation to the contested nature of the EU-polity and the social responsiveness of the citizens and people in Europe and demonstrates that media communication is central to comprehend the scope of legitimacy of the European Union.

Spis treści

Introduction The Politicization of Europe: A Public Sphere Perspective  Part I: The EU’s Constitution-making: Institutional Aspirations and Public Expectations  Chapter 1: The EU’s Institutional Efforts to Construct a Public: Constitution-making and the Evolving European Public Sphere  Chapter 2: What Kind of European Civil Society?: The Views and Adaption of NGOs to the EU’s Constitution-making  Part II: The EU’s Constitution-making and the Transformation of Public Spheres in France, Germany and Britain: Visibility, Inclusiveness and Contestation  Chapter 3: Making Europe Visible? The Spatial Transformation of Mass Mediated Public Debates  Chapter 4: Making Europe Inclusive? The Transformation of Political Actors’ Participation in Public Debates  Part III: The EU’s Constitution-making and the Emergence of Party Political Contestation and Critique  Chapter 5: Making Europe Partisan? The Transformation of Political Party Contestation in Public Debates over the Constitution  Chapter 6: Making Europe Politicized? French Political Parties’ Critiques and Framing of the Constitution in the Referendum Debates  Conclusion The EU’s Public Politicization: Lessons from the Constitution and Prospects for the Future

O autorze

Paul Statham is Professor of Migration and Director of the Sussex Centre for Migration Research in the School of Global Studies at the University of Sussex, United Kingdom 

Hans-Jörg Trenz is Professor of European Studies and coordinator of  the Centre for Modern European Studies, at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He is also Adjunct Professor at ARENA, Centre for European Studies at University of Oslo, Norway.