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The justification of Europe : a political theory of supranational integration
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The justification of Europe : a political theory of supranational integration

Author: Jürgen Neyer
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"The debate on the EU's legitimacy has long suffered from a number of serious misunderstandings. Supranational politics, Jurgen Neyer argues, is not about the making of public order in Europe but about internalizing external effects and fostering the individual right to justification. The concepts of 'state' and 'democracy', he suggests, are essentially useless for understanding and justifying the EU's structures  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Jürgen Neyer
ISBN: 9780199641246 0199641242
OCLC Number: 797975147
Description: xii, 215 p.; 24 cm.
Contents: Part I: Setting the Stage. The Challenge ; Normative Realism. --
Part II: Understanding the EU. The Nature of the Beast ; Towards a Supranational Democracy?. --
Part III: Standard-Setting. Justice in International Political Theory ; Justice and the Right to Justification. --
Part IV: Reconstructing the EU. Structures of Justification. --
Part V: The EU's Justice Deficit. Imperfectly Justified Structures of Justification ; The EU's Imperial Foreign Policy. --
Part VI: Conclusion.
Responsibility: by Jurgen Neyer.

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The Justification of Europe offers an engaging new interpretation of the European Union, combining normative and positive approaches in an innovative way.  Read more...
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