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This collection presents a political sociology of crisis in Europe.
Focusing on state and society transformations in the context of the
2008 financial crisis and its aftermath in Europe, it observes a
return of redistributive conflicts that correlates with a 'new
politics of identity', nationalism, regionalism and expressions of
Euroscepticism.
Over the past two decades, civil society has played a pivotal role
in Europe, from the demise of Communist rule to the reunification
of Europe, followed by the expansion of the single market to the
reconstitution of democracy in the enlarged European Union.
European civil society has emerged as a social space between EU
governance and the citizens of the member states, populated by
non-state agents claiming to represent, speak for or participate on
behalf of the most varied social constituencies in EU decision
making. This book consolidates European civil society research by
re-viewing its conceptual, normative and empirical-analytical
foundations. With contributors from political science to sociology
to law, it captures the evolving practices of European civil
society that stretch across the national (local), the European and
the global realm. Developing an analytical framework that
highlights the interplay between civil society building and polity
building from above as well as from below, within the legal and
institutional framework of the EU, they examine whether and how
civil society can contribute to making democracy work in normative
democratic theoretical perspectives. This book will be of interest
to students and scholars of civil society, European politics,
political science and sociology.
This book examines the 'European refugee crisis', offering an
in-depth comparative analysis of how public attitudes towards
refugees and humanitarian dispositions are shaped by political news
coverage. An international team of authors address the role of the
media in contesting solidarity towards refugees from a variety of
disciplinary perspectives. Focusing on the public sphere, the book
follows the assumption that solidarity is a social value, political
concept and legal principle that is discursively constructed in
public contentions. The analysis refers systematically and
comparatively to eight European countries, namely, Denmark, France,
Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
Treatment of data is also original in the way it deals with
variations of public spheres by combining a news media
claims-making analysis with a social media reception analysis. In
particular, the book highlights the prominent role of the mass
media in shaping national and transnational solidarity, while
exploring the readiness of the mass media to extend thick
conceptions of solidarity to non-members. It proposes a research
design for the comparative analysis of online news reception and
considers the innovative potential of this method in relation to
established public opinion research. The book is of particular
interest for scholars who are interested in the fields of European
solidarity, migration and refugees, contentious politics, while
providing an approach that talks to scholars of journalism and
political communication studies, as well as digital journalism and
online news reception. The Open Access version of this book,
available at http://www.tandfebooks.com, has been made available
under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives
4.0 license.
This book examines how mass media debates have contributed to the
politicization of the European Union. The public controversies over
the EU's attempted Constitution-making (and its failure) sowed the
seeds for a process of politicization that has advanced ever since:
an increasing visibility for the EU in mass-mediated public debates
that is combined with a growing public contestation over Europe
within national politics. The book presents an original systematic
study of the emerging field of political discourse carried by the
mass media in France, Germany and Britain to examine the
performance of Europe's public sphere. Whilst the EU's increasing
politicization can be seen as beneficial to European democracy,
potentially 'normalizing' the EU-level within national politics,
the same developments can also be a threat to democracy, leading to
populist and xenophobic responses and a decline in political trust.
Such discussions are key to understanding the EU's legitimacy and
how its democratic politics can work in an era of mediated
politics. The Politicization of Europe will be of interest to
students and scholars of comparative politics, media studies,
communication, sociology and European studies.
Over the past two decades, civil society has played a pivotal role
in Europe, from the demise of Communist rule to the reunification
of Europe, followed by the expansion of the single market to the
reconstitution of democracy in the enlarged European Union.
European civil society has emerged as a social space between EU
governance and the citizens of the member states, populated by
non-state agents claiming to represent, speak for or participate on
behalf of the most varied social constituencies in EU decision
making. This book consolidates European civil society research by
re-viewing its conceptual, normative and empirical-analytical
foundations. With contributors from political science to sociology
to law, it captures the evolving practices of European civil
society that stretch across the national (local), the European and
the global realm. Developing an analytical framework that
highlights the interplay between civil society building and polity
building from above as well as from below, within the legal and
institutional framework of the EU, they examine whether and how
civil society can contribute to making democracy work in normative
democratic theoretical perspectives. This book will be of interest
to students and scholars of civil society, European politics,
political science and sociology.
This book examines how mass media debates have contributed to the
politicization of the European Union. The public controversies over
the EU's attempted Constitution-making (and its failure) sowed the
seeds for a process of politicization that has advanced ever since:
an increasing visibility for the EU in mass-mediated public debates
that is combined with a growing public contestation over Europe
within national politics. The book presents an original systematic
study of the emerging field of political discourse carried by the
mass media in France, Germany and Britain to examine the
performance of Europe's public sphere. Whilst the EU's increasing
politicization can be seen as beneficial to European democracy,
potentially 'normalizing' the EU-level within national politics,
the same developments can also be a threat to democracy, leading to
populist and xenophobic responses and a decline in political trust.
Such discussions are key to understanding the EU's legitimacy and
how its democratic politics can work in an era of mediated
politics. The Politicization of Europe will be of interest to
students and scholars of comparative politics, media studies,
communication, sociology and European studies.
Trenz introduces a sociological perspective on European integration
by looking at different accounts of Europeanization as society
building. He observes how Europeanization unfolds in ongoing
practices and discourses through which social relations among the
Europeans are redefined and re-embedded. The chapters describe how
the project of European integration has been powerfully launched in
postwar Europe as a normative venture that comprises polity and
society building, how this project became ingrained in every-day
life histories and experiences of the Europeans, how this project
became contested and confronted resistances and, ultimately, how it
went through its most severe crisis. A sociology of European
integration is thus outlined along four main themes or narratives:
first, the elite processes of identity construction and the
framework of norms and ideas that carries such a construction
(together with notions of European identity, EU citizenship, etc.);
second, the socialization of European citizens, processes of banal
Europeanism, and social transnationalism through everyday
cross-border exchanges; third, the mobilization of resistance and
Euroskepticism as a fundamental and collectively mobilized
opposition to processes of Europeanization; and fourth, the
political sociology of crisis, linked not only to financial turmoil
but also, more fundamentally, to a legitimation crisis that affects
Europe and the democratic nation-state.
Trenz introduces a sociological perspective on European integration
by looking at different accounts of Europeanization as society
building. He observes how Europeanization unfolds in ongoing
practices and discourses through which social relations among the
Europeans are redefined and re-embedded. The chapters describe how
the project of European integration has been powerfully launched in
postwar Europe as a normative venture that comprises polity and
society building, how this project became ingrained in every-day
life histories and experiences of the Europeans, how this project
became contested and confronted resistances and, ultimately, how it
went through its most severe crisis. A sociology of European
integration is thus outlined along four main themes or narratives:
first, the elite processes of identity construction and the
framework of norms and ideas that carries such a construction
(together with notions of European identity, EU citizenship, etc.);
second, the socialization of European citizens, processes of banal
Europeanism, and social transnationalism through everyday
cross-border exchanges; third, the mobilization of resistance and
Euroskepticism as a fundamental and collectively mobilized
opposition to processes of Europeanization; and fourth, the
political sociology of crisis, linked not only to financial turmoil
but also, more fundamentally, to a legitimation crisis that affects
Europe and the democratic nation-state.
This book offers a wealth of original empirical data on how online
media shape EU contestation. Taking a public sphere perspective,
the authors highlight the myths and truths about the nature of
audience-driven online media content and show how public demands
for legitimacy are at the heart of the much-analyzed politicization
of European integration. What EU citizens most intensely debate
online are the fundamental questions of what the European
institutions stand for and how they can be held accountable.
Drawing on innovative and rigorous analysis of online media
ownership, journalistic content and online readers' inputs, the
authors piece together the components of the dynamic nature of EU
contestation and the degree of convergence towards Euroscepticism
across EU member states in the first years of the Eurocrisis. There
is no doubt that EU citizens have strong opinions about the EU and
interactive online media allow these opinions to come to the fore,
to be challenged and amplified both within and beyond national
public spheres. Yet, for all its potential to unite European
publics, online EU contestation remains firmly anchored in offline
news media frames, while citizens and journalists alike struggle to
put forward a clear vision of the future EU polity.
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