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Authoritarian Liberalism and the Transformation of Modern Europe (Hardcover)
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Authoritarian Liberalism and the Transformation of Modern Europe (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Constitutional Theory
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This title recounts the transformation of Europe from the post-war
era until the Euro-crisis, using the tools of constitutional
analysis and critical theory. The central claim is twofold: Europe
has been gradually reconstituted in a manner that combines
political authoritarianism with economic liberalism and that this
order is now in a critical condition. Authoritarian liberalism is
constructed supranationally, through a taming of inter-state
relations in the project of European integration; at the domestic
level, through the depoliticization of state-society relations; and
socially, through the emergence of a new constitutional imaginary
based on liberal individualism. In the language of constitutional
theory, this transformation can be captured by the substitution of
supranationalism for internationalism, technocracy for democracy,
and economic for political freedom. Sovereignty is restrained,
democracy curtailed, and class struggle repressed. This
constitutional trajectory takes time to unfold and develop and it
presents continuities and discontinuities. On the one hand,
authoritarian liberalism is deepened by the neoliberalism of the
Maastricht era and the creation of Economic and Monetary Union. On
the other hand, counter-movements then also begin to emerge,
geopolitically, in the return of the German question, domestically,
in the challenges to the EU presented by constitutional courts, and
informally, in the rise of anti-systemic political parties and
movements. Sovereignty, democracy, and political freedom resurface,
but are then more actively suppressed through the harsher
authoritarian liberalism of the Euro-crisis phase. This leads now
to an impasse. Anti-systemic politics return but remain uneasily
within the EU, suggesting authoritarian liberalism has reached its
limits if just about managing to maintain constitutional order. As
yet, there has been no definitive rupture, with the possible
exception of Brexit.
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