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A Political Sociology of European Democracy

This lecture series delves into the political sociology of European democracy, examining normative justifications and strategies of legitimacy. Topics include the role of actors, institutions, and integration in the European political society. The course culminates in a written essay evaluating democratic themes in or of Europe, requiring a structured argument with a bibliography of academic resources.

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A Political Sociology of European Democracy

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  1. A Political Sociology of European Democracy

  2. A Political Sociology of European Democracy Week 5 Lecture 1 Lecturer Paul Blokker 2

  3. Governo Locale Introduction The Construction of a European Political Society • Legitimacy • Normative justifications Different views on: • Role and relevance of actors (governments, experts, civil society, citizens) • Institutions and integration 3

  4. Governo Locale Introduction 4

  5. Governo Locale Introduction Announcement: Examination - The student will be evaluated at the end of the course by means of a written essay, to be handed in at the end (deadline: 30 May, to be handed in by e-mail, by 17:00 pm); - The written essay will be of a minimum of 3.000 words, and needs to contain a bibliography with at least 10 academic resources. 5

  6. Governo Locale Introduction • Announcement: Examination • The essay needs to address a theme related to democracy in or of Europe. • The essay needs to be set up in a clearly structured way, with a clear introduction with an outline of the paper, a convincing argument in the middle part, and succinct conclusions (including own opinion). 6

  7. Governo Locale Introduction 7

  8. Governo Locale Normative Approach Part II. Multiple European Democracies and Legitimation European democracy: a normative approach 8

  9. Governo Locale Normative Approach Strategies of Legitimation • Efficient regulation • Value-based community • Rights-based political union (Eriksen 2009: 58) 9

  10. Governo Locale Normative Approach • Efficient regulation • EU perceived as economic project (four freedoms); • An emphasis on problem-solving: ‘special purpose organization of functional integration’ (Ipsen 1972); • The EU is legitimated by delivering the goods (output-oriented legitimacy) 10

  11. Governo Locale Normative Approach 2. Value-based community • EU perceived as community based on a common European identity and shared heritage; • A significant part of the European project is the forging of this common identity that is to underpin a demos; • Democracy about hardware (institutions) and software (political culture) 11

  12. Governo Locale Normative Approach 3. Rights-based political union • EU perceived as a constitutionally grounded polity with a common set of civil and political rights; • Citizens are to be empowered and to see themselves as the co-authors of the law that rules the polity; • Post-national democracy based on ‘constitutional patriotism’. 12

  13. Governo Locale Normative Approach Source: Eriksen 2009: 59. 13

  14. Governo Locale Normative Approach Democratic theories • Problem-solving: minimal, liberal democracy; main actors: individual nation-states • Value-based community: communitarian democracy; main actors: European society 3. Rights-based polity: republican democracy; main actors: plurality of social and political actors 14

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