European Governmentality - The Liberal Drift of Multilevel Governance

Informationen zum Autor Richard Münch is Professor of Sociology at Bamberg University, Germany. He is Associate Editor of the journal Sociological Theory. His most recent publications include Nation and Citizenship in the Global Age and The Ethics of Modernity. Klappentext The book provides a sociologically grounded explanation of the changing features of governance and democracy within Europe in an era that empowers new actors, and in the context of broader changes in society. Zusammenfassung The book provides a sociologically grounded explanation of the changing features of governance and democracy within Europe in an era that empowers new actors, and in the context of broader changes in society. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. European Regulation: Towards an Adversarial Process 3. European Law: Constructing a Liberal Society by Jurisdiction 4. The French Dilemma: Post-national Republicanism against Economic Liberalism 5. The German Dilemma: Constitutional Federalism against Unconstitutional Supranationalism 6. The British Dilemma: Free Trade and Domestic Parliamentary Sovereignty against Foreign Supranational Rule 7. Conclusion: Constitutional Liberalism as a Model for the Semantic Construction of Europe?

Product details

• Authors: Richard Münch
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.06.2010
• EAN: 9780415485814
• ISBN: 978-0-415-48581-4
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 242 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sociology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Public Administration, Social Law, EU (European Union), International institutions, EU & European institutions, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law, Social law and Medical law