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The European Union in Search of Narratives

Franois Foret

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  • 250 sidor
  • 2025
This book examines the legitimization of the European Union through the development and rapid rotation of narratives aiming to convey its identity and purpose. Utilizing literature and data across a wide range of interdisciplinary areas rarely studied together, the book argues that three narratives have been dominant over the last 20 years: Europe of rights, Europe of values and a European way of life. It presents both theoretical and empirical research on the transformation of political domination, collective identities and EU legitimization, and analyses various 'crises' linked to socio-economic, security, identity and normative issues, such as terrorism and radicalization, pandemics, and morality politics. It finds that European narratives express lower ambitions on charismatic community-building, are constantly expanding to new domains, and are increasingly framed as being in a situation of existential threat, which may increase democratic tensions and give rise to a populist backlash. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of European integration, European Parliament, legitimization studies, political communication, and to comparative politics and political sociology.
  • Författare: Franois Foret
  • Format: Inbunden
  • ISBN: 9781032954875
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 250
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2025-01-21
  • Förlag: Routledge