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Der Fortschritt der Integration und die Erweiterung der Union haben
das Projekt einer Verfassungsgebung fur Europa motiviert.
Unabhangig vom Schicksal des von den Staats- und Regierungschefs
i.J. 2004 verabschiedeten Verfassungsvertrages bleibt die Suche
nach einer konstitutionellen Form der Union auf der Tagesordnung
der Europapolitik. Die geschichtliche Bestimmtheit der europaischen
Integration und die sich aus ihr ergebenden Belastungen sind in
diesen Debatten kaum ausdrucklich thematisiert worden. Der Band
bringt die Gegenwart der Vergangenheit Europas in Beitragen von
Juristen, Historikern und Sozialwissenschaftlern zur Sprache.
Europa werde um die Auseinandersetzungen mit seiner Vergangenheit
nicht umhin kommen, lautet ein Leitmotiv der Beitrage. Diese
Prozesse und ihre Ambivalenzen sind kaum beherrschbar. Es kommt
umso mehr darauf an, Formen der Aufarbeitung der Vergangenheit zu
finden, in denen das europaische Projekt eine neue soziale
Akzeptanz gewinnt.
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
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
The authors of this book have developed a new and stimulating
approach to the analysis of the transitions of Bulgaria, the Czech
Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia to democracy and a market economy.
They integrate interdisciplinary theoretical work with elaborate
empirical data on some of the most challenging events of the
twentieth century. Three groups of phenomena and their causal
interconnection are explored: the material legacies, constraints,
habits and cognitive frameworks inherited from the past; the
erratic configuration of new actors, and new spaces for action; and
a new institutional order under which agency is institutionalized
and the sustainability of institutions is achieved. The book
studies the interrelations of national identities, economic
interests, and political institutions with the transformation
process, concentrating on issues of constitution making, democratic
infrastructure, the market economy, and social policy.
This book examines the problems and issues facing formerly communist states as they seek to develop a new democratic political order and a market economy. Studies of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia provide detailed empirical data concerning constitution making, the shaping of democratic institutions, marketization of the economy, and social policy. This new research is then linked to innovative theoretical material to offer a unique assessment of the difficulties of creating a new political order in the region.
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