This book offers a comparative perspective on data protection and cybersecurity in Europe. In light of the digital revolution and the implementation of social media applications and big data innovations, it analyzes threat perceptions regarding privacy and cyber security, and examines socio-political differences in the fundamental conceptions and narratives of privacy, and in data protection regimes, across various European countries. The first part of the book raises fundamental legal and ethical questions concerning data protection; the second analyses discourses on cybersecurity and data protection in various European countries; and the third part discusses EU regulations and norms intended to create harmonized data protection regimes.

This book offers a comparative perspective on data protection and cybersecurity in Europe. In light of the digital revolution and the implementation of social media applications and big data innovations, it analyzes threat perceptions regarding privacy and cyber security, and examines socio-political differences in the fundamental conceptions and narratives of privacy, and in data protection regimes, across various European countries. The first part of the book raises fundamental legal and ethical questions concerning data protection; the second analyses discourses on cybersecurity and data protection in various European countries; and the third part discusses EU regulations and norms intended to create harmonized data protection regimes.

Die Gesellschaften Europas reden nicht miteinander - sie reden systematisch aneinander vorbei. Wolf J. Schunemann untersucht mit Hilfe einer vergleichenden Diskursanalyse EU-Vertragsreferenden. In Frankreich und den Niederlanden scheiterte 2005 der europaische Verfassungsvertrag am Votum der Souverane, und die Iren liessen den Lissabon-Vertrag 2008 in einer ersten Volksabstimmung durchfallen. Die innovative Studie richtet ihren Blick auf die Referendumsdebatten und zerlegt diese nach systematischen Vorgaben in ihre diskursiven Bestandteile (Aussagen, Argumente, Narrative, Deutungsmuster). Die Ergebnisse dienen der Behandlung der zu Beginn formulierten Hypothesen. Ferner skizziert der Autor einen integrationstheoretischen Beitrag sowie Weiterentwicklungsoptionen und Forschungsdesiderate."