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Making a common foreign policy: EU coordination in the ILO

Riddervold, Marianne - RECON - 2009

depart from their national self-interests. This is done through a core study of EU coordination towards the ILO Maritime …

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Theoretical models of fiscal policies in the Euroland: The Lisbon Strategy, Macroeconomic Stability and the Dilemma of Governance with Governments

Collignon, Stefan - RECON - 2007

Due to collective action problems, the Eurozone is stuck in a sub-optimal macro-policy mix of too expansionary fiscal policy and too restrictive monetary policy. Although the Lisbon Strategy pays lip service to macro-economic policy coordination, no mechanisms, institutions or effective rules...

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EU foreign policy elites and fundamental norms: Implications for governance

Puetter, Uwe; Wiener, Antje - RECON - 2009

Starting from the assumption that the European Union’s (EU) common foreign and security policy (CFSP) will rely on a pre-dominantly intergovernmental governance setting for the foreseeable future, this paper focuses on alternative institutional options for conducting policy dialogue in such a...

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Integration without democracy? Three conceptions of European Security Policy in transformation

Sjursen, Helene - RECON - 2007

European Foreign and Security Policy is being transformed. This raises potentially important challenges to democratic accountability. But in order to properly assess the state of democracy in this policy field it is necessary first to define the nature of the EU polity. This paper explores three...

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Deliberating CFSP: European Foreign Policy and the International Criminal Court

Deitelhoff, Nicole - RECON - 2008

The International Criminal Court (ICC), which commenced work in The Hague in 2002, is viewed by many as a success story for international governance and the beginning of a new era in international law. It is the first permanent institution able to prosecute severe violations of international...

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Women's rights in Turkey as gauge of its European vocation: The impact of ‘EU-niversal values’

Muftuler-Bac, Meltem; Onar, Nora Fisher - RECON - 2010

It is often assumed that Turkey’s chance of accession to the EU would be enhanced were the European project to move in an inclusive, cosmopolitan direction. However, the inclusion of women’s rights and post-sexual revolution sexuality in the battery of ‘EU-niversal’ values could still...

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Explicating social action: arguing or bargaining

Eriksen, Erik Oddvar - RECON - 2009

Jon Elster has a clear view of the role of norms and impartiality in collective decision making processes, but does not ascribe to them the power to explain action. Hence, the paradox: If it is only public reasons that can justify outcomes, how can private desires be the causes of the same...

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Coming to terms with the ‘legitimacy crisis’ of European foreign politics: The European Parliament pushing the frontiers of consultation

Wisniewski, Elisabeth - RECON - 2011

. However, the emerging Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) has been criticized for its lack of democratic legitimacy … European Union (EU) to enhance legitimacy or is this process a result of inter-institutional dynamics? Are these mechanisms …

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The dynamics of legitimation - Why the study of political legitimacy needs more realism

Gaus, Daniel - RECON - 2011

The paper suggests a practice turn in the analysis of political legitimacy. Current social science research on … political legitimacy suffers twofold. First, it shows an undue (silent) impact of an ethics-first perspective. Second, empirical … approaches to political legitimacy mostly focus on societal constellations of citizens’ beliefs. The dynamic character of …

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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 …

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