Title The making of a European constitution : dynamics and limits of the convention experience / Sonja Puntscher Riekmann, Wolfgang Wessels (eds.)

Edition 1. Aufl Published Wiesbaden : VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (268 pages) : illustrations 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 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 Analysis politicologie political science sociale wetenschappen social sciences Social Sciences (General) Sociale wetenschappen (algemeen) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references In Springer e-books Subject European Union -- Constitution SUBJECT European Union fast Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe (2004 October 29) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2005021045 Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe (2004 October 29) fast Subject Constitutions -- European Union countries Constitutional law -- Europe Constitutional law Constitutions Europe European Union countries Genre/Form constitutions. Constitutions Constitution Constitutions. Constitutions. Form Electronic book Author Puntscher Riekmann, Sonja. Wessels, Wolfgang. ISBN 3531149709 9783531149707 3531900951 9783531900957 1281044326 9781281044327

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