Citizens in Europe
Essays on Democracy, Constitutionalism and European Integration
Published on 31. March 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
512 pages
978-1-78552-142-3 (ISBN)
Description
This interdisciplinary collection of essays by a constitutionalist and a political sociologist examines how fragmented societies can be held together by appropriate and effective constitutional arrangements providing for bonds of democratic citizenship. Exploring the political order dilemmas of capitalist democracies, the authors address moral and institutional prerequisites on which the deepening of European integration depends. The desirability of such deepening is currently contested, with the membership of some states (and their compliance with the spirit of the Union's treaties) at stake. The authors do not consider the 'renationalisation' of Europe to be a feasible (and even less so a desirable) way out of Europe's current malaise. Yet whatever the way out, charting it calls not just for the vision and imagination of political elites but also for the intellectual efforts of social scientists. With this book, Preuß and Offe contribute to those efforts.
Key Features:
¿ original insights on the nature of the European crisis
¿ analysis of how fragmented societies can be held together by appropriate constitutional arrangements
¿ how state sovereignty and federal structures can be merged
¿ account of the moral prerequisites and resources of democratic polities
¿ dilemmas of political order under democratic capitalism
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Colchester
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
772 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78552-142-3 (9781785521423)
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Schweitzer Classification
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By Claus Offe and Ulrich K. Preuss
Content
Chapter One - The Union's Course: Between a Supranational Welfare State and Creeping Decay 1
Chapter Two - The Significance of Cognitive and Moral Learning for Democratic Institutions 33
Chapter Three - Democratic Institutions and Moral Resources 49
Chapter Four - Crisis and Innovation of Liberal Democracy: Can Deliberation Be Institutionalised? 73
Chapter Five - Democracy Against the Welfare State? Structural Foundations of Neoconservative Political Opportunities 99
Chapter Six - Toward a New Understanding of Constitutions 129
Chapter Seven - The Political Meaning of Constitutionalism 147
Chapter Eight - Citizenship and Identity: Aspects of a Political Theory of Citizenship 163
Chapter Nine - Competitive Party Democracy and the Keynesian Welfare State: Factors of Stability and Disorganisation 177
Chapter Ten - Main Problems of Contemporary Theory of Democracy and the Uncertain Future of its Practice 199
Chapter Eleven - Constitutionalism in Fragmented Societies: The Integrative Function of Constitutions 211
Chapter Twelve - 'Homogeneity' and Constitutional Democracy: Coping with Identity Conflicts through Group Rights 227
Chapter Thirteen - Perspectives on Post-Conflict Constitutionalism:
Reflections on Regime Change Through External Constitutionalisation 255
Chapter Fourteen - Is There, Or Can There Be, a 'European Society'? 283
Chapter Fifteen - Problems of Constitution Making: Prospects of a Constitution for Europe 301
Chapter Sixteen - Revisiting the Rationale Behind the European Union: The Basis of European Narratives Today and Tomorrow 317
Chapter Seventeen - Citizenship in the European Union: A Paradigm for Transnational Democracy? 341
Chapter Eighteen - The Democratic Welfare State in an Integrating Europe 355
Chapter Nineteen - The Constitution of a European Democracy and the Role of the Nation State 379
Chapter Twenty - The Problem of Legitimacy in the European Polity: Is Democratisation the Answer? 389
Chapter Twenty-One - The European Model of 'Social' Capitalism: Can It Survive European Integration? 417
Chapter Twenty-Two - Two Challenges to European Citizenship 449
Chapter Twenty-Three - Europe Entrapped: Does the EU Have the Political Capacity to Overcome its Current Crisis? 471
Index 491
Chapter Two - The Significance of Cognitive and Moral Learning for Democratic Institutions 33
Chapter Three - Democratic Institutions and Moral Resources 49
Chapter Four - Crisis and Innovation of Liberal Democracy: Can Deliberation Be Institutionalised? 73
Chapter Five - Democracy Against the Welfare State? Structural Foundations of Neoconservative Political Opportunities 99
Chapter Six - Toward a New Understanding of Constitutions 129
Chapter Seven - The Political Meaning of Constitutionalism 147
Chapter Eight - Citizenship and Identity: Aspects of a Political Theory of Citizenship 163
Chapter Nine - Competitive Party Democracy and the Keynesian Welfare State: Factors of Stability and Disorganisation 177
Chapter Ten - Main Problems of Contemporary Theory of Democracy and the Uncertain Future of its Practice 199
Chapter Eleven - Constitutionalism in Fragmented Societies: The Integrative Function of Constitutions 211
Chapter Twelve - 'Homogeneity' and Constitutional Democracy: Coping with Identity Conflicts through Group Rights 227
Chapter Thirteen - Perspectives on Post-Conflict Constitutionalism:
Reflections on Regime Change Through External Constitutionalisation 255
Chapter Fourteen - Is There, Or Can There Be, a 'European Society'? 283
Chapter Fifteen - Problems of Constitution Making: Prospects of a Constitution for Europe 301
Chapter Sixteen - Revisiting the Rationale Behind the European Union: The Basis of European Narratives Today and Tomorrow 317
Chapter Seventeen - Citizenship in the European Union: A Paradigm for Transnational Democracy? 341
Chapter Eighteen - The Democratic Welfare State in an Integrating Europe 355
Chapter Nineteen - The Constitution of a European Democracy and the Role of the Nation State 379
Chapter Twenty - The Problem of Legitimacy in the European Polity: Is Democratisation the Answer? 389
Chapter Twenty-One - The European Model of 'Social' Capitalism: Can It Survive European Integration? 417
Chapter Twenty-Two - Two Challenges to European Citizenship 449
Chapter Twenty-Three - Europe Entrapped: Does the EU Have the Political Capacity to Overcome its Current Crisis? 471
Index 491