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The aim of this publication is an analysis of the process of European constitutionalisation and its entanglement with relevant national discourses. Thus, national constitutional traditions in Austria, France, Germany and the United Kingdom are evaluated with regard to the positions of the respective national representatives in the European Convention. Interviews with Members of National Parliaments and of the European Parliament as well as a content analysis of the debate on the future of Europe in print media form the empirical basis of this study.
List of contents
European Constitutionalism at the Crossroads.- European Constitutionalism at the Crossroads.- The Making of a European Constitution: Processes and Methods.- The Constitutionalisation of the European Union - Without the Constitutional Treaty.- Getting to a European Constitution: From Fischer to the IGC.- The Convention Method: An Institutional Device for Consensus-building.- Deliberation and Compromise in the Shadow of Bargaining.- The Dynamics of the Two-Level Process of Constitution Building.- The Making of a European Constitution: Influences and Perceptions.- The Impact of Constitutional Traditions on the EU-Reform Discourse in Austria, France, Germany and the UK.- Political Elites and the Future of Europe: The Views of MPs and MEPs.- Publicized Discourses on the Post-Nice Process.- The Ratification of the Constitution and the European Public Sphere.
About the author
Sonja Puntscher Riekmann ist Professorin für Politische Theorie an der Universität Salzburg und Direktorin der Forschungsstelle für institutionellen Wandel und europäische Integration der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Summary
The aim of this publication is an analysis of the process of European constitutionalisation and its entanglement with relevant national discourses. Thus, national constitutional traditions in Austria, France, Germany and the United Kingdom are evaluated with regard to the positions of the respective national representatives in the European Convention. Interviews with Members of National Parliaments and of the European Parliament as well as a content analysis of the debate on the future of Europe in print media form the empirical basis of this study.
Foreword
Der Weg zu einer europäischen Verfassung - Neueste Forschungen zur EU
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"Insgesamt verdeutlichen die Beiträge die Relevanz der bisherigen verfassungspolitischen Debatten und Anstengungen, die Brauchbarkeit der dabei praktizierten Verfahren sowie die mit einer vollständigen Abkehr vom einmal eingeschlagenen Weg verbundenen Risiken." Das Historisch-Politische Buch, 06/2007
Report
"Insgesamt verdeutlichen die Beiträge die Relevanz der bisherigen verfassungspolitischen Debatten und Anstengungen, die Brauchbarkeit der dabei praktizierten Verfahren sowie die mit einer vollständigen Abkehr vom einmal eingeschlagenen Weg verbundenen Risiken." Das Historisch-Politische Buch, 06/2007
