POSTNATIONAL CONSTITUTIONALISM IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

In: Journal of European public policy, Band 6, Heft 4, S. 579-597

Abstract

THE ARTICLE RE-EXAMINES THE HERITAGE OF EU CONSTITUTIONALISM. IT DEVELOPS A PROCESS-BASED AND NON-TELEOLOGICAL CONCEPTION OF EU CONSTITUTIONALISM. THE EU IS UNDERSTOOD AS CONTESTED AND CONTESTABLE IN TERMS OF ITS EVOLUTION AND IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE OPEN-TEXTURED CONCEPT OF POSTNATIONALISM CAN USEFULLY CAPTURE SOME OF ITS "SUI GENERIS" ELEMENTS.