| Democracy versus Solidarity in the EU Discourse Contributor(s): Zielinska, Katarzyna (Other), Niżnik, Józef (Author) |
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ISBN: 3631638779 ISBN-13: 9783631638774 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations - Social Science | Sociology - General - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy |
| Dewey: 320.014 |
| LCCN: 2012285247 |
| Series: Studies in European Integration, State and Society |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.67 lbs) 124 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It is hard to find another two concepts which would be more significant in the European integration discourse than democracy and solidarity and at the same time more ambiguous in the political practice of integration. Currently European integration discourse is being organized around the concept of democracy. Analyzing European integration discourse the author argues that the situation is quite paradoxical because in order to secure democracy in the EU, European integration discourse must be organized not around the concept of democracy but around the concept of solidarity. The book attempts to show in more details the context of the clash of these fundamental values which serve also as the leading political principles of European integration. Therefore several further concepts and problems have been discussed such as the issue of identity, the concept of citizenship and the problem of nationalism. Since the theoretical framework of the analysis have been built around the idea of discourse the inevitable consequence was to look at some aspects of communication and the links between conceptual and normative development of the European integration. |
