The Politicization of the European Union: From European Governance to EU Politics

ISBN-13: 9783631902332 / Angielski

Bożena Gierat-Bieroń; Stefano Greco

Opis

The book provides a comprehensive analysis of the politicization of European affairs. The final aim is to assess the institutional and socio-political impact of EU politicization, detecting how the European elites could exploit the saliency gained by European affairs to enhance the legitimacy and effectiveness of the European institutions.

Spis treści

The politicized post-Maastricht era.

The EU in the spotlight: the politicization of the European governance.

The causes of politicization: a top-down and bottom-up assessment.

The consequences of the politicization of European affairs.

Power and legitimacy in the politicized European Union.

A vision for the politicized European Union.

O autorze

Stefano Greco is a Jean Monnet professor of European Union politics and founder director of the Chitkara Spaak Centre for Multidisciplinary European Studies, Chitkara University. His research activities relate to political sociology, EU politicization and European political parties.