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RECON Newsletter 2/2010
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New RECON publications RECON report 11 contains the proceedings of the RECON midterm conference. A new working paper examines the relationship between gender identity, feminism and democracy in the context of the European Union (RECON Online Working Paper 2010/06), while another paper presents a defence of Kant’s idea of a voluntary league of states (RECON Online Working Paper 2010/07). A third paper draws on Foucault’s governmentality approach and argues that the Open Method of Coordination does not to represent an innovative governance tool but a governmental system of power (RECON Online Working Paper 2010/08). A fourth paper evaluates the mediatizing potential of the internet on the politics of European integration and the process of enhancing the democratic legitimacy of the EU (RECON Online Working Paper 2010/09). All RECON publications. 15.06.2010
Excellent review of RECON A review of RECON’s third year of activities praises the project for its significant progress and impressive output. The evaluators state that ‘a large quantity of high quality, thought-provoking research has been produced’, and that it is ‘remarkable to note the feedback effect of empirical research on the conceptual framework and its further clarification’. The evaluation is based on the annual reports submitted by the RECON consortium to the European Commission for 2009. Read more. 10.06.2010 Online Euroscepticism A project within the framework of RECON’s work package 5 – Civil Society and the Public Sphere – focuses on Euroscepticism as advanced in public discourse, particularly on the internet. WP 5 partners have taken stock of the scholarly literature on Euroscepticism, and common themes, actors and forums for Eurosceptic discursive practices have been identified. A particular focus has been on the campaign surrounding the European Parliament elections of June 2009. Read more. 23.04.2010
RECON Newsletter No 1/2010
28.02.2010 New RECON Online Working Papers A new working paper examines the challenges with regard to implementation of the precautionary principle in the field of European Community regulation of GMOs (RECON Online Working Paper 2009/14), while another paper investigates whether there has been an Europeanisation of Turkish foreign policy as a result of Turkey’s accession negotiations with the EU (RECON Online Working Paper 2009/15). In a third paper, a theoretical and operational framework that guides the empirical research on the prospects of parliamentary mode of representation at the EU level is developed (RECON Online Working Paper 2009/16). A fourth paper focuses on alternative institutional options for conducting policy dialogue within the context of CFSP (RECON Online Working Paper 2009/17), while a final paper paper contributes to the debate on how we can understand the increasingly high level of common EU foreign policies (RECON Online Working Paper 2009/18). All RECON publications. 23.12.2009 New RECON report A new report has been published in RECON's report series: RECON Report 10, The Sinews of European Peace: Reconstituting the Democratic Legitimacy of the Socio-Economic Constitution of the European Union, edited by Raúl Letelier and Agustín José Menéndez. The process of European integration and the establishment of the welfare state were for a long time regarded as the two sinews of European peace. The contributions to this report elucidate the extent to which these two great European transformations are related to the constitutional design of the institutional structure and the decision-making processes of the European Union. Special attention is paid to the relationship between the most prominent part of the economic constitution of the Union (the economic freedoms) and the key socio-economic policies of the Union (from fiscal policy to labour relationships). All RECON publications. 23.12.2009 |
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