Building the Union: The Nature of Sovereignty in the Political Architecture of Europe |
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Authors: | Bellamy Richard Castiglione Dario |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Politics, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 2AA, U.K.;(2) Department of Politics, University of Exeter, Amory Building, Exeter, EX11 1DR, U.K. |
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Abstract: | The debate on the nature of the European Union hasbecome a test case of the kind of political andinstitutional arrangements appropriate in an age ofglobalization. This paper explores three views of theEU. The two main positions that have hithertoconfronted each other appeal to either cosmopolitan orcommunitarian values. Advocates of the former arguefor some form of federal structure in Europe and areconvinced that the sovereignty of the nation statebelongs to the past. Proponents of the latter make acase on both socio-political and normative grounds fora Europe of nations. However a third position,favoured by the authors, is gaining ground. This viewcombines cosmopolitan and communitarian conceptions.It emphasises the mixed nature of the European polityand conceives the constitutionalization process asopen-ended. The paper concludes that from this perspectivea bricoleur's Europe of bits and pieces may not necessarily lack justification and legitimacy. |
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Keywords: | sovereignty European Union federalism cosmopolitanism communitarianism mixed commonwealth |
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