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This book investigates the multifaceted conflicts of sovereignty in
the recent crises in the European Union. Although the notion of
sovereignty has been central in the contentious debates triggered
by the recent crises in the European Union, it remains strikingly
under-researched in political science. This book bridges this gap
by providing both theoretical reflections and empirical analyses of
today’s conflicts of sovereignty in the EU. More particularly, it
investigates conflicts between four types of sovereignty. First,
national sovereignty referring to the autonomy of the Westphalian
Nation-State to rule on a territory delimited by borders; second,
the supranational sovereignty acquired by the EU in a fragmentary
fashion in a number of scattered internal and external policy
fields; third, parliamentary sovereignty understood as the autonomy
of parliaments (at the regional, national and European levels) to
take part in the decision making process and control the executive
in the name of the principles of election and representation;
fourth, popular sovereignty whereby the body politic confers
legitimacy to decision makers in a democratic system. Through an
analysis of the various crises (rule of law, Brexit, migration,
Eurozone crisis), the chapters look at how sovereignty is framed
and contested by different types of actors, and how the
strengthening or the weakening of certain types of sovereignty
contribute to shape preferences regarding policies and governance
structures in the multi-level EU. The chapters in this book were
originally published as a special issue of the Journal of European
Integration.
This book investigates the multifaceted conflicts of sovereignty in
the recent crises in the European Union. Although the notion of
sovereignty has been central in the contentious debates triggered
by the recent crises in the European Union, it remains strikingly
under-researched in political science. This book bridges this gap
by providing both theoretical reflections and empirical analyses of
today's conflicts of sovereignty in the EU. More particularly, it
investigates conflicts between four types of sovereignty. First,
national sovereignty referring to the autonomy of the Westphalian
Nation-State to rule on a territory delimited by borders; second,
the supranational sovereignty acquired by the EU in a fragmentary
fashion in a number of scattered internal and external policy
fields; third, parliamentary sovereignty understood as the autonomy
of parliaments (at the regional, national and European levels) to
take part in the decision making process and control the executive
in the name of the principles of election and representation;
fourth, popular sovereignty whereby the body politic confers
legitimacy to decision makers in a democratic system. Through an
analysis of the various crises (rule of law, Brexit, migration,
Eurozone crisis), the chapters look at how sovereignty is framed
and contested by different types of actors, and how the
strengthening or the weakening of certain types of sovereignty
contribute to shape preferences regarding policies and governance
structures in the multi-level EU. The chapters in this book were
originally published as a special issue of the Journal of European
Integration.
In this study, an international and multidisciplinary team take
stock of the promise and shortfalls of 'Social Europe' today,
examining the response to the Eurocrisis, the past decade of social
policy in the image of the Lisbon Agenda, and the politics that
derailed a more Delorsian Europe from ever emerging.
Over recent years it has become increasingly clear that the
European Union is falling short of its promise to enhance social
cohesion across the continent. Welfare state modernization has been
at the centre of divisive debates over the redistribution of wealth
and imbalances between a wealthy European core and its peripheries.
Some see the policies and governance of the EU as part of the
problem, others rather as the solution. This book examines the key
issues facing the EU's social policy-making. Each chapter focuses
on a single challenge and explores the arguments and considerations
that coalesce around it. The book helps students and researchers
alike to understand how the EU operates and shapes social policy on
multiple levels, and to better assess the EU's role in supporting
social cohesion.
Over recent years it has become increasingly clear that the
European Union is falling short of its promise to enhance social
cohesion across the continent. Welfare state modernization has been
at the centre of divisive debates over the redistribution of wealth
and imbalances between a wealthy European core and its peripheries.
Some see the policies and governance of the EU as part of the
problem, others rather as the solution. This book examines the key
issues facing the EU's social policy-making. Each chapter focuses
on a single challenge and explores the arguments and considerations
that coalesce around it. The book helps students and researchers
alike to understand how the EU operates and shapes social policy on
multiple levels, and to better assess the EU's role in supporting
social cohesion.
This edited volume brings together leading international
researchers in an attempt to disentangle and understand the
multiple conflicts of sovereignty within the European polity in the
aftermath of the 2008 economic crisis. While most research on
sovereignty focuses on its international dimensions, what makes
this volume distinctive is the focus on the mobilization of
sovereignty discourses in national politics. Contrary to tired
paradigms studying clashes between national and supranational
sovereignty, the various chapters of the volume offer a provocation
for the readers – what if these old vertical conflicts of
sovereignty are increasingly complemented by horizontal conflicts
between executives and parliaments at both the national and
international level?
This book explores the European welfare model, arguing that the
rollout of European policies for welfare services has led to
increased marketization. The author argues that the rise of
profit-making in utilities, transport, child and health care is
exacerbating rather than reducing inequalities among citizens,
demonstrating how the marketization of European welfare has taken
place over successive rounds of policymaking for European
integration. These rounds have motivated national level public
services reform, as well as contestation over these measures from
civil society groups. The study traces the developments of
policymaking at EU level since the late 1980s, offers in-depth
studies of contentious debates which have sealed the fate of
welfare services at the turn of the century, and offers insights on
the problems involved with prolonged austerity in Europe. This book
therefore shows how European integration is provoking a democratic
challenge to what kind of Europe citizens want.
The European Union of today cannot be studied as it once was. This
original new textbook provides a much-needed update on how the EU's
policies and institutions have changed in light of the multiple
crises and transformations since 2010. An international team of
leading scholars offer systematic accounts on the EU's
institutional regime, policies, and its community of people and
states. Each chapter is structured to explain the relevant
historical developments and institutional framework, presenting the
key actors, the current controversies and discussing a paradigmatic
case study. Each chapter also provides ideas for group discussions
and individual research topics. Moving away from the typical,
neutral account of the functioning of the EU, this textbook will
stimulate readers' critical thinking towards the EU as it is today.
It will serve as a core text for undergraduate and graduate
students of politics and European studies taking courses on the
politics of the EU, and those taking courses in comparative
politics and international organizations including the EU.
The European Union of today cannot be studied as it once was. This
original new textbook provides a much-needed update on how the EU's
policies and institutions have changed in light of the multiple
crises and transformations since 2010. An international team of
leading scholars offer systematic accounts on the EU's
institutional regime, policies, and its community of people and
states. Each chapter is structured to explain the relevant
historical developments and institutional framework, presenting the
key actors, the current controversies and discussing a paradigmatic
case study. Each chapter also provides ideas for group discussions
and individual research topics. Moving away from the typical,
neutral account of the functioning of the EU, this textbook will
stimulate readers' critical thinking towards the EU as it is today.
It will serve as a core text for undergraduate and graduate
students of politics and European studies taking courses on the
politics of the EU, and those taking courses in comparative
politics and international organizations including the EU.
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