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Too late to dissolve the people and elect another? Cognition, Contingent Consent and Turbulence in the Integration Process?

Cram, Laura (2009) Too late to dissolve the people and elect another? Cognition, Contingent Consent and Turbulence in the Integration Process? In: UNSPECIFIED.

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    Abstract

    Consent to the process of European integration is contingent and the reproduction of consent is, in Renan’s (1882) terms, a ‘daily plebiscite’. Each new Treaty conveys a new understanding of what the EU is and ought to be. Analysis of the latest Treaty provisions, intended to bring Europe closer to the people and to address the democratic deficit, demonstrates the extent and implications of competition over competence between the various actors involved. The resulting compromises are manifestations of Haas’s (1976) ‘turbulence’ in practice and also contribute to further ‘turbulence’ by shaping understandings of what the role of the public and other actors within the EU system is and ought to be. Recognising the importance of cognition and contingent consent for the integration process, and the role of EU institutions in reproducing these, requires a rethink of existing approaches to European integration theory and a nuanced socialpsychology of the European Union.

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    Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
    Subjects for non-EU documents: Other > integration theory (see also researching and writing the EU in this section)
    EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > europeanisation/europeanization & European identity
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Conference: European Union Studies Association (EUSA) > Biennial Conference > 2009 (11th), April 23-25, 2009
    Depositing User: Phil Wilkin
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 08 Jan 2013 18:14
    Number of Pages: 29
    Last Modified: 08 Jan 2013 18:14
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/33041

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