The European Union and the Public Sphere: A Communicative Space in the Making?

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ISBN: 9780415479653 | 0415479657
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Copyright: 4/29/2009

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The European Union is often attacked for its "democratic deficit', namely its deficiencies in representation, transparency, accountability and lack of popular support. This book assesses the possible formation of a communicative space that might enable and engender the creation of a transnational or a supranational public.

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List of illustrations	p. viii
Notes on contributors	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
The European Union and the public sphere: a communicative space in the making?	p. 1
Communicative practices and a European public sphere	p. 21
Conceptualising European public spheres: general, segmented and strong publics	p. 23
The public sphere and European democracy: mechanisms of democratisation in the transnational situation	p. 44
A fragile cosmopolitanism: on the unresolved ambiguities of the European public sphere	p. 65
Assessing Europe's general public(s)	p. 85
'Quo vadis Europe?' Quality newspapers struggling for European unity	p. 89
Political communication, European integration and the transformation of national public spheres: a comparison of Britain and France	p. 110
The European void: the democratic deficit as a cultural deficiency	p. 135
Political integration in Europe and the need for a common political language	p. 154
EU enlargement, identity and the public sphere	p. 169
Religion and the European public sphere	p. 187
The public sphere in European constitution-making	p. 206
Institutional conditions and the European context	p. 223
European Commissioners and the prospects of a European public sphere: information, representation and legitimacy	p. 227
Transparency, audiences and the evolving role of the EU Council of Ministers	p. 246
Transnationalising the public sphere? The European Parliament, promises and anticipations	p. 259
Conclusion	p. 279
Bibliography	p. 286
Index	p. 307
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The European Union and the Public Sphere: A Communicative Space in the Making?

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