Democratisation through critique? The Euro Crisis and the prospects of the European Public Sphere

This paper suggests that the euro has crisis signalled a significant political moment in the European public sphere. Analysing the crisis as a conflict between the European decision-making elite and European civil society, I propose that the concentration of decision-making in the euro crisis at the...

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Autor: Ojala, Markus
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/33255
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11441/33255
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:European public sphere
Euro crisis
Democracy
Civil society
Critique
Esfera pública europea
Crisis del euro
Democracia
Sociedad civil
Crítica
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Sumario:This paper suggests that the euro has crisis signalled a significant political moment in the European public sphere. Analysing the crisis as a conflict between the European decision-making elite and European civil society, I propose that the concentration of decision-making in the euro crisis at the European level, and the growing public critique aimed at the supranational centres of power, may lead to the politicisation of European integration and contribute to strengthening the European public sphere.