{"product_id":"9781349460250","title":"Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics: Public Contestation, 1950-2005","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePalgrave Studies in European Union Politics: Public Contestation, 1950-2005\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eSternberg, Claudia\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis  award-winning book answers some of the big questions on the legitimacy of the  European Union. Specifically, it looks at what it would mean for the EU to be  considered a legitimate body and where our ideas on this question come from. \u003ci\u003eThe Struggle for EU Legitimacy\u003c\/i\u003e traces  the history of constructions and contestations of the EU's legitimacy, in  discourses of the European institutions and in public debate. Through an  interpretive, non-quantitative textual analysis of an eclectic range of  sources, it examines both long-term patterns in EU-official discourses and  their reception in member-state public spheres, specifically in the German and  French debates on the Maastricht and Constitutional Draft Treaties. The story  told portrays the history of legitimating the EU as a continuous contest over  the ends and goals of integration, as well as a balancing act—which was  inescapable given the nature of the integration project—between 'bringing the  people in' and 'keeping them out'. In addition, it was a balancing act between  actively politicizing and deliberately de-politicizing the stakes of EU  politics.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2013-08-08\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781349460250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1057\/9781137327840\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 216cm x140cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 290\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47680719028364,"sku":"9781349460250","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781349460250.jpg?v=1776577830","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781349460250","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}