04368oam 2200757I 450 991046520210332120200520144314.01-283-54658-297866138590371-136-85091-00-203-83464-X10.4324/9780203834640 (CKB)2560000000089368(EBL)995639(OCoLC)829462087(SSID)ssj0000701133(PQKBManifestationID)12226137(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000701133(PQKBWorkID)10672703(PQKB)10333513(MiAaPQ)EBC995639(PPN)198456298(Au-PeEL)EBL995639(CaPaEBR)ebr10592869(CaONFJC)MIL385903(OCoLC)806954344(EXLCZ)99256000000008936820180706d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDebating political identity and legitimacy in the European Union /edited by Sonia Lucarelli, Furio Cerutti and Vivien A. SchmidtAbingdon, Oxon ;New York, N.Y. :Routledge,2011.1 online resource (241 p.)Routledge/GARNET series : Europe in the world ;v. 11Description based upon print version of record.1-138-88212-7 0-415-55100-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Cover; Debating Political Identity and Legitimacy in the European Union; Copyright Page; Contents; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Preface; Acronyms and abbreviations; Part I Reflections on identity and legitimacy in the European Union; 1 How not to (mis) understand political identity in the European Union; 2 The problems of identity and legitimacy in the European Union: is more politics the answer?; 3 Europe as a narrative network: taking the social embeddedness of identity constructions seriously; 4 European identity and support for European integration5 Do the powers exerted by the EU need a legitimacy basedon the citizens' European identity?Part II Pathways to identity formation and legitimacy construction; 6 Three European constitutionalisms and their respective legitimacy requirements: explaining the longue duréestability of the EU polity; 7 False expectations: the counter productive side effects of the EU's use of political symbols; 8 Gaining European legitimacy and identity through unlocking the public spheres of nation states: the case of theNetherlands; 9 Mirrors of us: European political identity and the Others'image of the EU10 Public visibility and citizen participation: the Europeanizationof foreign policy debates in the British and German publicspheres11 Debating identity and legitimacy in the EU: concluding remarks; IndexHow can we conceptualize identity and legitimacy in the context of the European union? What is the role of narratives, political symbols, public debate and institutional practices in the process of identity formation and legitimacy consolidation? Debating Political Identity and Legitimacy in the European Union addresses these questions and brings together high profile scholars from various disciplinary backgrounds to debate the ontological and epistemological aspects of research on identity and legitimacy formation in the EU. Part I investigates key elements such as the relationshiRoutledge/GARNET series.Europe in the world ;11.European federationLegitimacy of governmentsEuropean Union countriesConstitutional historyEuropean Union countriesEuropean Union countriesPolitics and governmentElectronic books.European federation.Legitimacy of governmentsConstitutional history341.242/2341.2422Cerutti Furio142744Lucarelli Sonia148879Schmidt Vivien Ann1949-967745MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465202103321Debating political identity and legitimacy in the European Union2260256UNINA