Eu Citizens In The European Public Sphere

Author : Stefanie Walter
Publisher : Springer
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783658144869

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EU Citizens in the European Public Sphere by Stefanie Walter Pdf

Stefanie Walter examines the visibility of European Union citizens in the mass mediated European public sphere and argues that it can help facilitate an exchange between decision-makers and ordinary citizens. The results show that in comparison to other actor groups, such as political parties or civil society organisations, the visibility of European Union citizens is not marginal. Yet, the image of the European Union citizenry that becomes visible via the news media remains nationally entrenched and references to a truly European citizenry are rare. The study also uses multilevel regressions to explain the visibility of European Union citizens in the news coverage. The empirical analyses are based on a large-scale content analysis of TV news and newspaper articles of the 2009 European Parliament election.p>

Author : Hakan G. Sicakkan
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781785360916

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Integration, Diversity and the Making of a European Public Sphere by Hakan G. Sicakkan Pdf

Based on an extended agonistic pluralism perspective, this book offers a novel notion of a transnational public sphere that goes beyond the questions of whether a European public sphere exists or is possible and instead provides a solid understanding of its key features.

Author : David Ward
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Law
ISBN : 158603281X

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The European Union Democratic Deficit and the Public Sphere by David Ward Pdf

An assessment of EU communications policy judged against democratic and normative criteria within the framework of the question of the need for a European-wide public sphere. It argues that the EU should proceed through the mass media, with a policy based on a public service philosophy.

Author : John Erik Fossum,Philip R. Schlesinger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 559 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007-06-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134174614

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The European Union and the Public Sphere by John Erik Fossum,Philip R. Schlesinger Pdf

The European Union is often attacked for its ‘democratic deficit’, namely its deficiencies in representation, transparency and accountability, as well as its lack of popular support. Can these shortcomings be counteracted by the development of a viable European public sphere? This book assesses the possible formation of a communicative space that might enable and engender the creation of a transnational or a supranational public. The contributors consider the EU’s democratic credentials and how well it communicates, and they also evaluate the major institutions and their links to general publics. The European Union and the Public Sphere emphasizes a ‘deliberative democratic’ perspective on the public sphere, addressing some key questions: • What are the prospects for a European public sphere? • Should we think in terms of the EU having a single public sphere, or are overlapping public spheres a more viable option? • What do this book’s findings on the question of the public sphere tell us about the EU as a political entity? Students and scholars of European democracy, political communication, and the politics of institutions will all be greatly interested by this book.

Author : Emanuela Bozzini
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317100782

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Mapping the European Public Sphere by Emanuela Bozzini Pdf

Mapping the European Public Sphere combines theoretical and empirical perspectives to address three relevant issues that are marking the European communicative landscape: the role of media and journalism in shaping the European debate, the function of public communication in promoting institutional activities, and the implications of processes of inclusion to and exclusion from the public sphere. The volume offers a timely reflection on the communicative arenas that are structuring the discourse on Europe and its future and provides a map of existing communicative spaces to provide a better understanding of the development of a European Public Sphere and to identify critical issues. Situated in a timely debate and providing well-grounded empirical evidence, the book will be particularly valuable to social scientists researching European integration issues. At the same time, the book is relevant to those actors who are studied in the research, in particular European institutions, media groups and NGOs.

Author : Maximilian Conrad
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783838266855

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Europeans and the Public Sphere by Maximilian Conrad Pdf

Author : Liana Giorgi,Ingmar von Homeyer,Wayne Parsons
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2006-09-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134224319

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Democracy in the European Union by Liana Giorgi,Ingmar von Homeyer,Wayne Parsons Pdf

An invaluable exploration of the concern that transfers of power to European Union institutions are producing a worrying new form of democratic deficit. While ongoing reforms of these institutions promise to render decision processes at European level more transparent and accountable, these expert authors examine whether there is a European public sphere for citizens and their representatives to discuss, deliberate and evaluate issues of public relevance. They show how the process of European integration has given rise to a new object of study – European society, and why key questions concerning identity, citizenship, democracy, government and institutions are being raised anew and are major political concerns at European and Member State level. With six case studies of EU policy-making and representative institutions, they analyze the intensity of participatory practices in four dimensions: mobilization of societal actors, public contestation and debate, openness of decision-making, and responsiveness of policy makers. This book will be of strong interest to students and researchers of the European Union, European politics, European studies as well as those concerned with more theoretical aspects of governance and the public sphere.

Author : Ulrike Liebert,Alexander Gattig
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317152941

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Democratising the EU from Below? by Ulrike Liebert,Alexander Gattig Pdf

For the European Union of the 21st century, the search for sustainable prosperity and stability includes the challenge of reconciling democratic ideals and practices with the construction of a European constitutional order. From the 2001 Laeken Summit to the 2009 Lisbon Treaty and beyond EU leaders have repeatedly set out to bring citizens closer to EU governance by making it more democratic and effective yet several national ratification referendums have shown that publics are divided about whether and why to endorse or veto complex EU reform packages imposed from the top down. Despite these limitations people do effectively engage in the making of a European polity. By initiating national court proceedings active citizens are promoting fundamental European rights in Member States' practices. As party members they contribute to shaping mass media communication about, and national publics' understanding of, European political alternatives. As civil society activists citizens help build social networks for contesting certain EU reforms or advocating others. Last but not least, as voters in national and European elections they choose between competing party visions, and national parliamentary stances regarding the role of democratic citizenship. This original contribution to the debate about democratic citizenship vis-à-vis the challenges of economic globalization and European political integration presents critical explorations of different fields of direct, representative, participatory and deliberative democratic citizenship practices that affect the transformation of Europe.

Author : A. Triandafyllidou,R. Wodak,Micha? Krzy?anowski
Publisher : Springer
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230271722

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The European Public Sphere and the Media by A. Triandafyllidou,R. Wodak,Micha? Krzy?anowski Pdf

This book contributes to the theoretical and policy debate on the existence of a European public sphere. It presents a critical discussion of the links between media, history and politics in Europe today, examining the re-organization of ideological and political dimensions and debates the existence of a European editorial culture.

Author : Raphaël Kies
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317112785

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Is Europe Listening to Us? by Raphaël Kies Pdf

How can the European Union engage and connect with the people it aims to represent? What initiatives and schemes have been used to engage EU citizens? To what extent can such procedures be considered a move forward towards a more participative and democratic Europe? This collection of internationally recognised specialists in European integration and innovative democratic practices seek to answer these key questions, explore European citizens’ thoughts and opinions about the EU and evaluate the governing elite’s attempts to engage with the public. It offers critical analysis of EU justifications and strategies for implementing Deliberative Citizens Involvement Projects and focuses on some of the major participative experiences trialled and implemented by EU institutions. By comparing these different attempts to increase and bolster the participation of EU citizens and evaluating their impact the book offers valuable and original material on the civic involvement of EU citizens and the legitimacy of the EU decision making process.

Author : Thomas Risse
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107081659

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European Public Spheres by Thomas Risse Pdf

This book examines the emergence of (and limitations to) a common European public sphere and the advantages and problems surrounding this development.

Author : Maximilian Conrad,Annette Knaut,Katrin Böttger
Publisher : Nomos Verlag
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783845266138

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Bridging the Gap? by Maximilian Conrad,Annette Knaut,Katrin Böttger Pdf

Drei Jahre nach der Einführung der Europäischen Bürgerinitiative (EBI) bietet der Band einen kritischen, wenngleich vorsichtig optimistischen Ausblick auf die Möglichkeiten und Grenzen dieses neuen Instruments transnationaler partizipativer Demokratie in der Europäischen Union. Der Band verbindet theoretische Diskussionen zum Wesen und Beitrag der EBI mit empirischen Perspektiven zu den Erfahrungen jener ersten Initiativen, die seit April 2012 auf den Weg gebracht wurden. Als partizipativ-demokratisches Instrument ist die EBI nur schwer einzuordnen, da sie lediglich eine indirekte Agenda-Setting-Funktion erfüllt. Ebenso konnte die EBI bisher nur ansatzweise den hohen Erwartungen gerecht werden, die von wissenschaftlicher Seite, aber auch von Aktivisten und EBI-Organisatoren in sie gesetzt wurden. Dementsprechend zwiespältig fällt auch das Fazit des Bandes aus: Während die EBI ohne Zweifel großes Demokratisierungspotential besitzt, deuten die Erfahrungen der ersten drei Jahre sehr stark auch auf großen Reformbedarf hin. Mit Beiträgen von: Jeannette Behringer, Carsten Berg, Katrin Böttger, Maximilian Conrad, Marie Dufrasne, Louis Bouza Garcia, Pawel Glogowski, Justin Greenwood, Annette Knaut, Julian Plottka, Yannick Polchow und Freyja Steingrímsdóttir.

Author : Dorian Alt
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000889154

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How European Citizens Understand the Economy by Dorian Alt Pdf

This book argues that the European public sphere functions to help citizens understand complex economic issues and discuss them meaningfully across borders. Through original research conducted on citizens’ perceptions of European economic issues, it explores a mechanism that allows people to make sense of such complex issues - national anchoring - and shows that the way issues are politicized today in a national public sphere will shape citizens' understandings of novel issues tomorrow. The book demonstrates that debates in the European public sphere spread knowledge to the population just as national debates do, thus allowing transnational deliberation to function in the EU and potentially advance a European identity. The book thus draws optimistic conclusions with regard to EU legitimacy, with the European public sphere functioning rather well and problems of complexity and compatibility seeming less pronounced than often expected in public opinion research and European studies. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of public opinion, European studies, political attitudes, austerity politics and more broadly to political science, sociology and social psychology.

Author : Andreas Hepp,Monika Elsler,Swantje Lingenberg,Anne Mollen,Johanna Möller,Anke Offerhaus,Keith Sword,Dimitry V Pospielovsky
Publisher : Springer
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137453136

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The Communicative Construction of Europe by Andreas Hepp,Monika Elsler,Swantje Lingenberg,Anne Mollen,Johanna Möller,Anke Offerhaus,Keith Sword,Dimitry V Pospielovsky Pdf

Based on a 12-year long project, this book demonstrates the contested character of the communicative construction of Europe. It does so by combining an investigation of journalistic practices with content analysis of print media, an examination of citizens' online interactions and audience studies with European citizens.

Author : Beata Klimkiewicz
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9786155211850

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Media Freedom and Pluralism by Beata Klimkiewicz Pdf

Addresses a critical analysis of major media policies in the European Union and Council of Europe at the period of profound changes affecting both media environments and use, as well as the logic of media policy-making and reconfiguration of traditional regulatory models. The analytical problem-related approach seems to better reflect a media policy process as an interrelated part of European integration, formation of European citizenship, and exercise of communication rights within the European communicative space. The question of normative expectations is to be compared in this case with media policy rationales, mechanisms of implementation (transposing rules from EU to national levels), and outcomes.