The politicization of Europe : contesting the constitution in the mass media / / Paul Statham and Hans-Jorg Trenz

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462776003321
• Autore: Statham Paul
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
• ISBN: 0-203-09480-8; 1-283-84675-6; 1-136-20957-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Collana: Routledge studies on democratising Europe
• Altri autori (Persone): TrenzHans-Jorg
• Disciplina: 342.2402/9
• Soggetti: Constitutional law - Political aspects - European Union countries; Constitutional history - European Union countries; Mass media - Political aspects - European Union countries; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; THE POLITICIZATION OF EUROPE: Contesting the Constitution in the mass media; Copyright; CONTENTS; FIGURES; TABLES; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION: The politicization of Europe A public sphere perspective; PART I The EU's Constitution-making: Institutional aspirations and public expectations; 1 THE EU'S INSTITUTIONAL EFFORTS TO CONSTRUCT A PUBLIC: Constitution-making and the evolving European public sphere; 2 WHAT KIND OF EUROPEAN CIVIL SOCIETY?: The views and adaption of NGOs to the EU's Constitution-making; PART II The EU's Constitution-making and the transformation of public spheres in France, Germany and Britain: Visibility, inclusiveness and contestation3 MAKING EUROPE VISIBLE?: The spatial transformation of mass-mediated public debates; 4 MAKING EUROPE INCLUSIVE?: The transformation of political actors' participation in public debates; PART III The EU's Constitution-making and the emergence of party political contestation and critique; 5 MAKING EUROPE PARTISAN?: The transformation of political party contestation in public debates over the Constitution; 6 MAKING EUROPE POLITICIZED?: French political parties' critiques and framing of the Constitution in the referendum debatesCONCLUSION: THE EU'S PUBLIC POLITICIZATION: Lessons from the Constitution and prospects for the future; METHOD APPENDIX: RETRIEVING DATA FROM NEWSPAPER SOURCES TO STUDY THE PUBLIC SPHERE: The claim-making method; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines how mass media debates have contributed to the politicization of the European Union. The public controversies over the EU's attempted Constitution-making (and its failure) sowed the seeds for a process of politicization that has advanced ever since: an increasing visibility for the EU in mass-mediated public debates that is combined with a growing public contestation over Europe within national politics. The book presents an original systematic study of the emerging field of political discourse carried by the mass media in France, Germany and Britain to examine the perfor