European integration by daylight

It has become common to highlight the desirability of a more ‘politicised’ European Union (EU) so as to counter the low visibility of its policymaking and the disaffection this may breed. Endorsing this view, the article argues existing contributions to the topic tend to give insufficient attention...

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Published in:Comparative European politics (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) Basingstoke, England), 2010-04, Vol.8 (1), p.55-73
Main Author: White, Jonathan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accession
Comparative Politics
Decision making
Europe
European integration
European Politics
European Union
Everyday Life
Governance
International Relations
Original Article
Parliaments
Policy Making
Political Culture
Political Development
Political parties
Political Science
Political Science and International Relations
Political Science and International Studies
Politics
Pragmatism
Public Finance
Society
Sociological analysis
Sociology
Studies
Theory
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Summary:It has become common to highlight the desirability of a more ‘politicised’ European Union (EU) so as to counter the low visibility of its policymaking and the disaffection this may breed. Endorsing this view, the article argues existing contributions to the topic tend to give insufficient attention to the relationship between institutional settings and everyday life, and to underplay the significance of how political actors interpret and reproduce the social and political world. The article explores how one might reconsider these questions, drawing on some of the insights of cultural and pragmatic sociology to suggest that the important obstacles to further politicisation may be rooted in contemporary political culture. A contribution is thereby intended both to the topic in question and to a wider effort to supplement institutional perspectives in EU studies with those drawn from sociology.
ISSN:1472-4790
1740-388X
DOI:10.1057/cep.2010.4