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A Political Sociology of European Democracy. A Political Sociology of European Democracy. Week 5 Lecture 1 Lecturer Paul Blokker. 2. Governo Locale. Introduction. The Construction of a European Political Society • Legitimacy • Normative justifications Different views on:
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A Political Sociology of European Democracy
A Political Sociology of European Democracy Week 5 Lecture 1 Lecturer Paul Blokker 2
Governo Locale Introduction The Construction of a European Political Society • Legitimacy • Normative justifications Different views on: • Role and relevance of actors (governments, experts, civil society, citizens) • Institutions and integration 3
Governo Locale Introduction 4
Governo Locale Introduction Announcement: Examination - The student will be evaluated at the end of the course by means of a written essay, to be handed in at the end (deadline: 30 May, to be handed in by e-mail, by 17:00 pm); - The written essay will be of a minimum of 3.000 words, and needs to contain a bibliography with at least 10 academic resources. 5
Governo Locale Introduction • Announcement: Examination • The essay needs to address a theme related to democracy in or of Europe. • The essay needs to be set up in a clearly structured way, with a clear introduction with an outline of the paper, a convincing argument in the middle part, and succinct conclusions (including own opinion). 6
Governo Locale Introduction 7
Governo Locale Normative Approach Part II. Multiple European Democracies and Legitimation European democracy: a normative approach 8
Governo Locale Normative Approach Strategies of Legitimation • Efficient regulation • Value-based community • Rights-based political union (Eriksen 2009: 58) 9
Governo Locale Normative Approach • Efficient regulation • EU perceived as economic project (four freedoms); • An emphasis on problem-solving: ‘special purpose organization of functional integration’ (Ipsen 1972); • The EU is legitimated by delivering the goods (output-oriented legitimacy) 10
Governo Locale Normative Approach 2. Value-based community • EU perceived as community based on a common European identity and shared heritage; • A significant part of the European project is the forging of this common identity that is to underpin a demos; • Democracy about hardware (institutions) and software (political culture) 11
Governo Locale Normative Approach 3. Rights-based political union • EU perceived as a constitutionally grounded polity with a common set of civil and political rights; • Citizens are to be empowered and to see themselves as the co-authors of the law that rules the polity; • Post-national democracy based on ‘constitutional patriotism’. 12
Governo Locale Normative Approach Source: Eriksen 2009: 59. 13
Governo Locale Normative Approach Democratic theories • Problem-solving: minimal, liberal democracy; main actors: individual nation-states • Value-based community: communitarian democracy; main actors: European society 3. Rights-based polity: republican democracy; main actors: plurality of social and political actors 14