Politics of Last Resort - Governing By Emergency in the European Union

The book examines how a certain way of governing, invoking exceptional measures for exceptional times, has become central to the workings of the European Union.

List of contents

• 1: Beyond a Sovereign State of Exception


• 2: Structural Vulnerabilities of the Transnational Sphere


• 3: Towards Emergency Europe


• 4: Prospects of a New Normal


• 5: Iterations of Technocracy


• 6: Populism as the Promise of Agency


• 7: Principled Disobedience


• 8: Structuring Partisan Power


• 9: Beyond a Politics of Singularities

About the author

Jonathan White is Professor of Politics at the LSE. He has held visiting positions at the Berlin Institute of Advanced Studies, Harvard, Stanford, the Humboldt University, Sciences Po in Paris, and the Australian National University. Books include Political Allegiance after European Integration (2011) and, with Lea Ypi, The Meaning of Partisanship (2016). He was awarded the 2017 British Academy Brian Barry Prize for Excellence in Political Science, and the 2015 Harrison Prize for the best paper published in Political Studies.

Summary

The book examines how a certain way of governing, invoking exceptional measures for exceptional times, has become central to the workings of the European Union.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan White, Jonathan (Professor of Politics White
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780198791720
• ISBN: 978-0-19-879172-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sociology, Law, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LAW / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Political science & theory, Political science and theory, EU (European Union), International institutions, EU & European institutions