Notre Dame London: Fischer Hall Library

European public spheres :

European public spheres : politics is back / edited by Thomas Risse. - 300 pages cm. - Contemporary European politics . - Contemporary European politics. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction Thomas Risse; Part I. How to Grasp the Europeanization of Public Spheres: Theory, Methods, Empirics: 2. Theorizing communication flows within a European public sphere Barbara Pfetsch and Annett Heft; 3. How advanced is the Europeanization of public spheres? Comparing German and European structures of political communication Ruud Koopmans; 4. National media as transnational discourse arenas: the case of humanitarian military interventions Cathleen Kantner; 5. European issue publics online: the cases of climate change and fair trade W. Lance Bennett, Sabine Lang and Alexandra Segerberg; Part II. Consequences: Does the Europeanization of Public Spheres Matter?: 6. European public spheres, the politicization of EU affairs, and its consequences Thomas Risse; 7. Media and identity: the paradox of legitimacy and the making of European citizens Sarah Harrison and Michael Bruter; 8. The re-structuring of political conflict in Europe and the politicization of European integration Edgar Grande and Hanspeter Kriesi; Part III. Theoretical and Normative Implications: 9. Identity, Europe and the world beyond public spheres Jeffrey T. Checkel; 10. Democracy, identity, and European public spheres Andreas Follesdal.

"The euro crisis has led to an unprecedented Europeanization and politicization of public spheres across the continent. In this volume, leading scholars make two claims. First, they suggest that transnational cross-border communication in Europe has been encouraged through the gradual Europeanization of national as well as issue-specific public spheres. Second, the politicization of European affairs - at the European Union (EU) level and in the domestic politics of member states - is inevitable and here to stay. Europeanized public spheres, whether elite media, mass media, or social media such as the internet, provide the arenas in which the politicization of European and EU issues takes place. European Public Spheres explores the history of these developments, the nature of politicization in the public spheres as well as its likely consequences, and the normative implications for European public life"--

9781107081659 1107081653 9781107441637 1107441633

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Civil society--Europe.
Political participation--Europe.
Social participation--Europe.
Commons--Europe.

JN40 / .E85 2014

306.2094