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Integration, Diversity and the Making of a European Public Sphere

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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Based on an extended agonistic pluralism perspective, this book offers a novel notion of a transnational public sphere that goes beyond the questions of whether a European public sphere exists or is possible and instead provides a solid understanding of its key features. This book offers an alternative concept of European integration based on the idea of integrative and constitutive conflicts. Not only an exploration of the emerging European public sphere, this groundbreaking book evaluates the outcomes of the EU polices aiming to create it as well as the trans-European networks' efforts to become a pan-European civil society. Expert contributors also explore the European public sphere's contribution to democracy and present enhanced empirical knowledge of the role of supranational institutions and pan-European networks in facilitating European integration, thus challenging the liberal intergovernmentalist, neo-functionalist and multi-level governance approaches.Integration, Diversity and the Making of a European Public Sphere will be of interest to scholars and upper level students of European studies, politics and public policy. Global, regional and national civil society organizations, think tanks and media corporations will also find value in this book.Contributors include: W. Dressler, D.N. Duru, M. Klicperova-Baker, J. Kostal, M. Mokre, M. Perez, R. Sata, H.G. Sicakkan, H.-J. Trenz, J.H. van de Beek, F. Vermeulen

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Utgivningsdatum2016-11-25
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieNew Horizons in European Politics series
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781785360909

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Contents:1. An Agonist Pluralism Approach to the European Public SphereHakan G. Sicakkan2. Europe’s Territorial Transformation, Regions and Diversity: Towards a Common European Public Sphere?Wanda Dressler3. European Media Policies and the European Public SphereMonika Mokre4. European State Building, Top-down Elite Alliances and the National MediaHakan G. Sicakkan5. Diversity in the Virtual Sphere: Social Media as a Platform for Transnational EncountersDeniz Neriman Duru and Hans-Jörg Trenz6. The Contribution of Think Tanks to the Formation of a European Public SphereMarybel Perez7. Protection, Participation and Legitimacy: The European Union’s Public Consultation System and Ethnic and National MinoritiesJan H. van de Beek and Floris Vermeulen8. Agonistic Politics of the European Parliament: Party and Party Group Alignments and Voting BehaviorRobert Sata9. Toward Empirical Assessment of the European Demos and Public Sphere: Comparing Democratic Value Orientations of Citizens and ElitesMartina Klicperová-Baker and Jaroslav Košťál10. The Role of EU Policies in the Making of the European Public Sphere Hakan G. SicakkanIndex

‘The book is well balanced within normative and empirical chapters. . . . the chapters that form the volume are from scholars who come from different disciplines such as media and communications, political science, sociology, and cultural studies - an astute expertise that makes the book easy to read and enjoyable. I find the book an advancement in the research of the emergence of the European public sphere. The book presents outstanding research about the current state of the European public sphere, with the latest study available on the matter. The book should be read by anyone seeking to understand the current state of the concepts of a public sphere in Europe, and the European public sphere.’