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Book SynopsisTwenty-five years after the introduction of European citizenship, it seems as though the EU has overreached itself. In its current state the EU provokes much negative political reaction among its citizens. Conversely, interest in European issues has increased during the crisis, pro-European social movements have emerged and new debates on reforms of the Union’s architecture are flaring up. Through updated and integrated multidisciplinary research this book reconsiders the contradictions and constraints, as well as the promises and prospects, for the future of EU citizenship.
With chapters from leading researchers in the field, Reconsidering EU Citizenship is an innovative contribution to the lively debate on European and transnational citizenship. Bringing together policy research and reflections from political theory, this book offers an up-to-date critique of the current state of EU citizenship as well as new insights for its future.
As citizenship rights issues become more prominent on the EU policy-making agenda, Reconsidering EU Citizenship will be an invaluable resource to students of EU policy as well as policy-makers and practitioners in the field.
Contributors include: F. Cheneval, H. Dean, O. Eberl, M. Ferrin, V. Hlousek, M. Hoogenboom, J. Komárek, V. Koska, M. Prak, S. Seubert, C. Strünck, P. van Parijs, F. Van Waarden
Table of ContentsContents: Introduction: Reconsidering European Citizenship Sandra Seubert and Oliver Eberl PART I: Models and Constructions of EU citizenship 1. EU citizenship and the puzzle of a European Political Union Sandra Seubert 2. The historical origins of local-national citizenship combinations in Western Europe and the implications for EU citizenship Marcel Hoogenboom and Maarten Prak 3. EU citizens’ duties: Preventing barriers to the exercise of citizens’ rights Jan Komárek PART II: Contradictions and Constraints of EU citizenship 4. Market or polis? Sources of different rights and conflicting social logics in the dynamics of European integration Frans van Waarden 5. EU citizenship and ‘work’: Tensions between formal and substantive equality Hartley Dean 6. A ‘Rights Revolution’ in Europe? The ambiguous relation between rights and citizenship Christoph Strünck 7. Shifting borders and contested identities: The quest for republican EU citizenship and polity Vít Hloušek and Viktor Koska PART III: Prospects for EU Citizenship 8. EU citizenship: Integrating multi-layered identities? Francis Cheneval and Mónica Ferrín 9. EU citizenship and prospects for cosmopolitanism Sandra Seubert 10. Transnational European civic solidarity Oliver Eberl 11. Justifying Europe Phillippe van Parijs Conclusion: From Protection to Empowerment Sandra Seubert Index
