Legitimation in the European Union

A Discourse- and Field-Theoretical View
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-33030-9
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 539 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 828 g

Reihe: Postdisciplinary Studies in Discourse

This book offers a transdisciplinary perspective on the question of how political legitimacy is constructed in the increasingly contested postnational setting of the European Union. Drawing on the example of the controversy about the EU constitution and the use of ‘EU constitution speak’ in commentaries published by Polish and French broadsheets, it reveals the transformation that constructions of political authority and association undergo when they are being transposed from the discourse field of multilateral negotiation to that of national news media. Through an original combination of the linguistic theory of discourse developed in Critical Discourse Analysis, Bourdieu’s field theory and notion of symbolic power, and political thought on polity-building, it develops a framework for the discourse study of legitimation and Europeanisation, and proposes applications beyond the case studies in the book.To students of European integration, it demonstrates the potential these concepts have for unravelling the implicit practices of postnational polity building. Discourse researchers, on the other hand, will discover how detailed text analyses gain significance in debates related to the macro level of political organisation when guided by sociological and political theory.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kutter, Amelie

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Politische Soziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Kommunikation und Partizipation
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Textlinguistik, Diskursanalyse, Stilistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Interkulturelle Kommunikation & Interaktion

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: If Only It Was a Different Polity: Introduction to the Book.- Chapter 2: Advancing the Linguistic Turn: Premises of Conceptual Work.- Chapter 3: Discursive Legitimation: Polity-Construction.- Chapter 4: Discursive Europeanisation: Recontextualisation.- Chapter 5: The Constitution Process in the Discourse Field of Multilateral Negotiation.- Chapter 6: Recontextualising the Constitutional Agenda in Polish and French Media Debates.- Chapter 7: Constructing the Polity Nexus: (De-)Legitimising the EU in Mediated Controversies in Poland and France.- Chapter 8: Towards a Discursive Political Sociology of European Integration: Conclusions.

Über Autor(innen)

- Amelie Kutter is a Lecturer and Researcher in European Studies at European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany.