Tracing the Politicisation of the EU: The Future of Europe Debates Before and after the 2019 Elections
In: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology Ser.
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction: Towards a Multi-Faceted Approach to Politicisation in the EU Context -- 1 EU Politicisation (Re)interpreted -- 2 Tracing EU Politicisation: The Narrative and Design of the Book -- References -- Part I Politicisation of the EU as a Polity -- 2 Between Optimism and Pessimism: Rethinking EU Politicisation in Theory, Conceptualisation, and Research -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theorising and Conceptualising Politicisation -- 3 Politicisation and European Integration -- 3.1 The Classics -- 3.2 Rethinking the Top-Down Model of EU Politicisation -- 4 Parties and EU Politicisation -- 5 Bottom-Up Politicisation -- 6 Towards a Multi-Stage (and Multi-Level?) Model of Politicisation -- References -- 3 Citizens' 'Permissive Consensus' in European Integration Scholarship: Theoretical Reflections on EU Politicisation and the Democratic Deficit Discourse -- 1 Introduction: European Integration and the Democratic Deficit -- 2 EU Politicisation and the End of the Citizens' Permissive Consensus -- 3 The Permissive Consensus in Ordinary Politics from a Historical Perspective -- 4 The Underlying Normative Assumptions Behind the Permissive Consensus -- 5 Conclusion: EU Politicisation, Representation and the Democratic Deficit -- Bibliography -- 4 Politicisation as a Speech Act: A Repertoire for Analysing Politicisation in Parliamentary Plenary Debates -- 1 Politicisation in the Language of the Parliamentarians -- 2 A Research Agenda for Discussing Politicisation -- 3 Politicisation in the Debates of Three Parliaments -- 3.1 Politicisation by Adversaries -- 3.2 Anonymous Politicisation -- 3.3 Disputes on Politicisation -- 3.4 Support for Politicisation -- 3.5 Politicisation as Opening Up of New Opportunities -- 4 The Rhetoric of Politicisation -- References.