{"product_id":"making-the-european-polity-9780415363013","title":"Making The European Polity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTodayâs Europe is marked by an amazing pace of integration. The European Union now consists of twenty five member states, however there is confusion and disagreement about its future design. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaking The European Polity\u003c\/em\u003e investigates how the European Union should develop and organize itself and offers a reflexive approach to integration based on the theory of communicative action. It conceives of the EU as a law based supranational polity lacking the identity of a people as well as the coercive means of a state and argues that it is a polity with an organized capacity to act, but no sole apex of authority. Making an important contribution to the theoretical discussions on the EU, these contributors explore a range of issues including legitimacy, post-national democracy and integration and provide in-depth analyses of social and tax policy, foreign policy, identity formation, the reform process and the constitutional effects of enlargement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will appeal to all political scientists and particularly to students and researchers of European Politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'The appeal of the book thus goes beyond the disciplinary gates of European Union studies and will prove indispensable to scholars of constitutionalism, democratisation, discourse analysis and international norms.' -\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePolitical Studies Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction Chapter 1. Reflexive integration in Europe Erik O. Eriksen Chapter 2. Reflexive constitution-making and transnational governance Chapter 3. On the political theory of the Euro-polity Chapter 4. Public discourse, identity, and the problem of democratic legitimacy Bernhard Peters Chapter 5. The quest for European identity Chapter 6. Contemporary European constitution-making: constrained or reflexive? Chapter 7. Towards a post-national foreign policy? Chapter 8. The purse of the polity Chapter 9. Soft governance, employment policy and committee deliberation Chapter 10. Widening or reconstituting the EU? Chapter 11. Conclusion: From reflexive integration to deliberative supranationalism \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402100089175,"sku":"9780415363013","price":176.17,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/making-the-european-polity-9780415363013","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}