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Klappentext A spectre is haunting Europe - the spectre of democracy. How can the European Union be made more democratic? In Whose Europe , a team of international scholars identifies barriers to further democratisation, explore potential bridges to greater democratic participation, and analyse the long term social processes shaping the new Europe. Zusammenfassung Clear analysis of a highly topical and controversial themeA well–integrated text drawing on the perspectives of sociology, history, sociolinguistics and political theoryHighly focused but wide–ranging: themes include citizenship, language, devolution, and the EU's relations with the United States and Eastern Europe. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue (John Rex). The Turn Towards Democracy: Dennis Smith and Sue Wright ( Aston University). Part I: Barriers:. Our a common European homea -- but who owns the house? John Markoff (University of Pittsburgh). Language! autonomy and national identity in Catalonia: Charlotte Hoffman (University of Salford). A community that can communicate? The linguistic factor in European integration: Sue Wright (Aston University). Third country nationals as European citizens: the case defended: Andreas Follesdall (Oslo University). Part II: Bridges: . The European public sphere and the deficit of democracy: Reiner Grundmann (Aston University). Extending ethnolinguistic democracy in Europe: the case of Wales: Stephen May (University of Bristol). Towards a post--national polity: the emergence of the network society in Europe: Barry Axford and Richard Huggins (Oxford Brookes University). Citizenship and human rights -- particular and universal worlds and the prospects for European citizenship: David Jary (Staffordshire University). Part III: Processes:. Making Europe: processes of Europe--formation since 1945: Dennis Smith (Aston University). National pride and the meaning of Europe: a comparative study of Britain and Spain: Pablo Jauregui (European University Institute! Florence). Democracy in Eastern Europe as a civilizing process: Harald Wydra (University of Regensurg). ...
