156 research outputs found
Progressive realism and the EUâs international actorness: towards a grand strategy?
The EU lacks a coherent strategy to guide its international actions.This is a problem that has been amply discussed in both academic and policy-making circles, but that remains to be fully addressed. The December 2013 European Council recognised the issue, and the EU High Representative Federica Mogherini is in charge of a strategic review that will lead to a global strategy by June 2016. Most arguments in favour of a grand strategy rely on utilitarian arguments that highlight the EUâs potential for a more efficient foreign policy. By linking a progressive realist approach to the importance of an EU grand strategy, this article intends to demonstrate the normative need for such a guiding document. As it will be argued, a grand strategy is a necessary step in the consolidation of the EU as a pluralist postnational polity that has in the fulfilment of its citizensâ interests its raison dâĂȘtre
Placing Austerity in Context: The Greek Case Between Neo-Liberal Globalisation and an Ordoliberal EU
Evaluating Communication in the British Parliamentary Public Sphere
This article begins with a re-evaluation of political communication research based on Habermas' original theory of the public sphere. It presents Habermas' alternative framework for assessing communication in contemporary âactually existing democraciesâ. The model is then tested with a case study of the UK parliamentary public sphere based on 95 semi-structured interviews with political actors (politicians, journalists and officials). It concludes that parliament today operates rather better, according to public sphere norms, than the public sphere described in Habermas' accounts of 18th and 19th-century England. Such a finding, on its own, is clearly at odds with public perception. The research accordingly offers two explanations for this disparity and the (perceived) crisis of political legitimacy in UK politics
Agency, design and âslow democracyâ
Can democracy be resilient in an increasingly âhigh-speed societyâ? Social acceleration, some critics argue, poses a serious threat to the idea and practice of democracy. Others invoke but do not develop the idea of âslow democracyâ as one important response to this threat. Despite its importance, the critique and response lack analytical depth. In this context, and in an effort to rebuild the debate on a stronger and more fruitful base, the article underscores the potential of political agency to shape democracyâs temporality and reframes âslow democracyâ as a challenge of democratic design
The human condition of politics: considering the legacy of Hans J. Morgenthau for international relations
The Logos of the Blogosphere: Flooding the Zone, Invention, and Attention in the Lott Imbroglio
The Use of Macroinvertebrates as Indicators of Water Quality in Two Rural Appalachian Streams
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