Research Article
BibTex RIS Cite

EUROPEAN UNION IN SEARCH OF ITS “PEOPLE”: İDENTİTY AND LEGİTİMACY GENERATIVE FUNCTIONS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS IN THE LIGHT OF THE FRENCH AND DUTCH “NO”- LIMITS AND PROSPECTS

Year 2005, Volume: 5 Issue: 1, 121 - 147, 01.01.2005
https://doi.org/10.1501/Avraras_0000000032

Abstract

The profound shift in conceptions o f legitimacy o f the European Union informs the recent constitution-making process and the main argument o f this study. After a brief discussion o f different conceptions o f legitimacy within context o f a sui-generis polity tike the EU, the article focuses on the recent constitutionalisation process in order to highlight its demos/identity-generative potential. Attempts at an innovative approach to Treaty reform in the EU are examined in order to ascertain whether they serve the need to facilitate the emergence o f a European public sphere and a European collective political identity. The peculiarities o f the current constitutionalisation process are discussed with a view to demonstrate that the European Constitution is an endeavor aimed at the creation o f its “pouvoir constituemt The unfavorable referenda results in two o f the leading, original and traditionally pro-EU members o f the Union, France and the Netherlands, demonstrated the limits o f the polity and political identity building potential o f written texts, albeit constitutions. It is asserted that the results suggest restraint but there is no ground for despair for the future prospects or viability o f the European polity and transnational democratic governance.

References

  • EUROPEAN UNION IN SEARCH OF ITS “PEOPLE”: İDENTİTY AND LEGİTİMACY GENERATIVE FUNCTIONS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS IN THE LIGHT OF THE FRENCH AND DUTCH “NO”- LIMITS AND PROSPECTS

EUROPEAN UNION IN SEARCH OF ITS “PEOPLE”: İDENTİTY AND LEGİTİMACY GENERATIVE FUNCTIONS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS IN THE LIGHT OF THE FRENCH AND DUTCH “NO”- LIMITS AND PROSPECTS

Year 2005, Volume: 5 Issue: 1, 121 - 147, 01.01.2005
https://doi.org/10.1501/Avraras_0000000032

Abstract

The profound shift in conceptions o f legitimacy o f the European Union informs the recent constitution-making process and the main argument o f this study. After a brief discussion o f different conceptions o f legitimacy within context o f a sui-generis polity tike the EU, the article focuses on the recent constitutionalisation process in order to highlight its demos/identity-generative potential. Attempts at an innovative approach to Treaty reform in the EU are examined in order to ascertain whether they serve the need to facilitate the emergence o f a European public sphere and a European collective political identity. The peculiarities o f the current constitutionalisation process are discussed with a view to demonstrate that the European Constitution is an endeavor aimed at the creation o f its “pouvoir constituemt The unfavorable referenda results in two o f the leading, original and traditionally pro-EU members o f the Union, France and the Netherlands, demonstrated the limits o f the polity and political identity building potential o f written texts, albeit constitutions. It is asserted that the results suggest restraint but there is no ground for despair for the future prospects or viability o f the European polity and transnational democratic governance.

References

  • EUROPEAN UNION IN SEARCH OF ITS “PEOPLE”: İDENTİTY AND LEGİTİMACY GENERATIVE FUNCTIONS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS IN THE LIGHT OF THE FRENCH AND DUTCH “NO”- LIMITS AND PROSPECTS
There are 1 citations in total.

Details

Primary Language English
Journal Section Research Article
Authors

Sanem Baykal This is me

Publication Date January 1, 2005
Submission Date January 1, 2005
Published in Issue Year 2005 Volume: 5 Issue: 1

Cite

Chicago Baykal, Sanem. “EUROPEAN UNION IN SEARCH OF ITS “PEOPLE”: İDENTİTY AND LEGİTİMACY GENERATIVE FUNCTIONS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS IN THE LIGHT OF THE FRENCH AND DUTCH ‘NO’- LIMITS AND PROSPECTS”. Ankara Avrupa Çalışmaları Dergisi 5, no. 1 (January 2005): 121-47. https://doi.org/10.1501/Avraras_0000000032.