Author: Christian WenkelPublisher:
ISBN: 9781912186198
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Languages : en
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ENVIRONMENT AND THE EUROPEAN PUBLIC SPHERE
Author: The Environment and the European Public Sphere
Author: Christian WenkelPublisher:
ISBN: 9781912186198
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Social Movements, Public Spheres and the European Politics of the Environment
Author: Hein-Anton van der HeijdenPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230294693
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
This book analyzes how the European environmental movement has influenced the problem definitions and solution strategies of European policy issues, examining biodiversity, GMOs, Trans-European Transport Networks, and climate change.
European E-Democracy in Practice
Author: Leonhard HennenPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030271846
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
This open access book explores how digital tools and social media technologies can contribute to better participation and involvement of EU citizens in European politics. By analyzing selected representative e-participation projects at the local, national and European governmental levels, it identifies the preconditions, best practices and shortcomings of e-participation practices in connection with EU decision-making procedures and institutions. The book features case studies on parliamentary monitoring, e-voting practices, and e-publics, and offers recommendations for improving the integration of e-democracy in European politics and governance. Accordingly, it will appeal to scholars as well as practitioners interested in identifying suitable e-participation tools for European institutions and thus helps to reduce the EU’s current democratic deficit. This book is a continuation of the book “Electronic Democracy in Europe” published by Springer.
The European Union and the Public Sphere
Author: John Erik FossumPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134174624
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
The European Union is often attacked for its ‘democratic deficit’, namely its deficiencies in representation, transparency, accountability and lack of popular support. This book assesses the possible formation of a communicative space that might enable and engender the creation of a transnational or a supranational public.
Media Freedom and Pluralism
Author: Beata KlimkiewiczPublisher: Central European University Press
ISBN: 9639776734
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
The book addresses a critical analysis of major media policies in the European Union and the Council of Europe at the period of profound changes affecting both media environments and use, as well as the logic of media policy making and reconfiguration of traditional regulatory models. The analytical problem-related approach explores three problem areas: freedom of expression as a regulatory rationale, AVMS Directive and content-related regulation, and media pluralism and structural regulation. This volume offers a perspective of both "new" and "old" EU Member States on a media policy process seen as an integral part of a European communication space formation and exercise of communication rights. Book jacket.
The EU Foreign Policy Analysis
Author: C. NitoiuPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137491981
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
The book presents a model of interaction effects between policymakers and the media which can shed light on the former's ability to enhance democratic legitimacy in foreign policy decision-making. It shows that the media enhanced the democratic legitimacy of the EU's foreign policy in relation to its climate policy and its approach towards Russia.
Democracy in the European Union
Author: Liana GiorgiPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113422432X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
An invaluable exploration of the concern that transfers of power to European Union institutions are producing a worrying new form of democratic deficit. While ongoing reforms of these institutions promise to render decision processes at European level more transparent and accountable, these expert authors examine whether there is a European public sphere for citizens and their representatives to discuss, deliberate and evaluate issues of public relevance. They show how the process of European integration has given rise to a new object of study – European society, and why key questions concerning identity, citizenship, democracy, government and institutions are being raised anew and are major political concerns at European and Member State level. With six case studies of EU policy-making and representative institutions, they analyze the intensity of participatory practices in four dimensions: mobilization of societal actors, public contestation and debate, openness of decision-making, and responsiveness of policy makers. This book will be of strong interest to students and researchers of the European Union, European politics, European studies as well as those concerned with more theoretical aspects of governance and the public sphere.
Jurgen Habermas
Author: Luke GoodePublisher: Pluto Press
ISBN: 9780745320885
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Habermas is a hugely influential thinker, yet his writing can be dense and inaccessible. This critical introduction offers undergraduates a clear way into Habermas’s concept of the ‘public sphere’ and its relevance to contemporary society. Luke Goode’s lively account also sheds new light on the ‘public sphere’ debate that will interest readers already familiar with Habermas’s work.For Habermas, the 'public sphere' was a social forum that allowed people to debate -- whether it was the town hall or the coffee house, maintaining a space for public debate was an essential part of democracy. Habermas’s controversial work examines the erosion of these spaces within consumer society and calls for new thinking about democracy today.Drawing on Habermas’s early and more recent writings, this book examines the ‘public sphere’ in its full complexity, outlining its relevance to today’s media and culture. It will be of interest to students and scholars in a range of disciplines across the social sciences and humanities.
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