Author : Anneli Albi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 42,63 MB
Release : 2005-06-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780521845410
This book explores the adaptation of the constitutions of Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) for membership in the European Union.
Author : Aleks Szcerbiak
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 42,95 MB
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1317998901
A series of EU accession referendums were held in nine candidate countries, eight post-communist states and Malta, between March and September 2003. These referendums provide us with an excellent comparative opportunity to deepen our understanding of the European integration issue and how it interacts with domestic politics, and of the dynamics of referendums in general and referendums on the European issue in particular. This book therefore provides a set of focused comparisons between these different cases. Each of the individual chapters provides an authoritative analysis of the referendum campaign and outcome in each of the countries concerned by a leading specialist on the politics of that country. This book was previously published as a special issue of the journal West European Politics.
Author : Simon Hug
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 15,48 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780742516939
In order to assess the impact of referendums on European integration, this study offers a comparative analysis of referendums that have occurred so far. It then draws on comparative data to analyze the consequences of referendums.
Author : Ece Özlem Atikcan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 17,78 MB
Release : 2015-10-09
Category : Law
ISBN : 1107115175
This accessible study explores the impact of political language and campaigning upon public opinion towards European integration.
Author : Julie Smith
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 22,69 MB
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3030558037
This handbook provides an empirically rich analysis of referendums in Europe from the end of the Second World War to the present. It addresses a range of perennial theoretical and legal questions that face policy-makers when they offer citizens the chance to take or influence decisions by referendum, not least whether to accept the ‘will of the people’. Taking a multi-disciplinary approach, drawing on historical, philosophical and political science perspectives, the book includes a contextual section on the history of referendums, the theoretical questions underpinning their use, and on constitutional and legal questions about the use of referendums. The empirical sections are divided into those referendums that focus on domestic issues, such as constitutional matters or questions of social policy, and those related to the European Union, including membership referendums and treaty ratification.
Author : Tom Hashimoto
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 49,1 MB
Release : 2017-09-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 9004352074
The year 2017 has been an uneasy one for the EU, with so-called Brexit on the horizon and the rise of populist euroskepticism in a number of Member States. This year, with the tenth anniversary of the Romanian and Bulgarian accession to the Union, is a good year to pause and reflect over the life and future of the Union. In this work, we envision the next decade with Europe 2020 strategy and review the fruits of the 2004 accession in Central and Eastern Europe. What has the Union achieved? Which policy areas are likely to change and how? How successful, and by what measure, has the accession of the 10 Member States in 2004 been? Reviewing European Union Accession addresses a wide range of issues, deliberately without any thematic constraints, in order to explore EU enlargement from a variety of perspectives, both scientific and geographical, internal and external. In contrast to the major works in this field, we highlight the interrelated, and often unexpected, nature of the integration process – hence the subtitle, unexpected results, spillover effects and externalities.
Author : Fernando Mendez
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 11,49 MB
Release : 2014-06-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 1139992473
Why have referendums on European integration proliferated since the 1970s? How are referendums accommodated within member states' constitutional orders and with what impact on the European integration process? What is the likely institutional impact of referendums on the future of the European integration process? Drawing on an interdisciplinary approach, these are just some of the fundamental questions addressed in this book. The central thesis is that the EU is faced with a 'direct democratic dilemma', which is compounded by the EU's rigid constitutional structure and a growing politicisation of the referendum device on matters related to European integration. Referendums and the European Union discusses how this dilemma has emerged to impact on the course of integration and how it can be addressed.
Author : Aleks Szczerbiak
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 49,74 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Europe
ISBN : 9780415360074
This book - previously published as a special issue of the journal West European Politics - analyzes the EU accession referendums that took place in eight countries in 2003.
Author : Lindsay Aqui
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 38,97 MB
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1526145219
Although the United Kingdom’s entry to the European Community (EC) in 1973 was initially celebrated, by the end of the first year the mood in the UK had changed from ‘hope to uncertainty’. When Edward Heath lost the 1974 General Election, Harold Wilson returned to No. 10 promising a fundamental renegotiation and referendum on EC membership. By the end of the first year of membership, 67% of voters had said ‘yes’ to Europe in the UK’s first-ever national referendum. Examining the relationship between diplomacy and domestic debate, this book explores the continuities between the European policies pursued by Heath and Wilson in this period. Despite the majority vote in favour of maintaining membership, Lindsay Aqui argues that this majority was underpinned by a degree of uncertainty and that ultimately, neither Heath nor Wilson managed to transform the UK’s relationship with the EC in the ways they had hoped possible.
Author : Francis Rawlinson
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 10,11 MB
Release : 2020-01-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3030277658
This book traces how right-wing newspapers in Britain helped shape British public opinion about the European Union over the course of the 20 years preceding the EU referendum in June 2016. The author argues that newspapers such as the Telegraph, Mail, Sun and Express have been effectively waging a long-term propaganda war, with the distortions and borderline fake news presented one of the factors that helped secure the narrow majority for Brexit. Written by an EU insider, the book presents hard facts and debunks the core myths on EU laws, exorbitant budget contributions and uncontrolled immigration, and contributes to the broader debate on the importance of the press for democracy.
