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Contesting EU Legitimacy: The Prominence, Content and Justification of Euroscepticism During 2009 EP Election Campaigns
Wilde, Pieter de; Trenz, Hans-Jörg; Michailidou, Asimina - RECON - 2010
This paper analyses the prominence, content and justifications of Euroscepticism as a form of EU legitimacy … contestation, mediation and formation of public opinion in the public sphere. Our survey delivers original data on EU legitimacy …. Thirdly, we find that a primary concern in EU legitimacy contestation is democracy, especially for those evaluating EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693810
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On Political Representation: Myths and Challenges
Johannes Pollak, Jozef Bátora, Monika Mokre, Emmanuel … - RECON - 2009
In this paper we critically reassess the standard account of political representation, in order to question the mythical foundation of its premises and explain why it can no longer serve as an adequate explanatory framework in the modern political context. We argue that representation was not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005040530
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Denouncing European integration: Euroscepticism as reactive identity formation
Trenz, Hans-Jörg; Wilde, Pieter de - RECON - 2009
The spreading phenomenon of Euroscepticism relates to particular discursive formations within the battlefield of collective identities that is opened by European integration. This paper first aims to highlight the reactionary nature of Euroscepticism. Secondly, it argues for understanding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005103177