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Global Transnationalisation and Democratisation Compared
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John Erik Fossum, ARENA, University of Oslo |
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Christian Joerges, European University Institute Florence |
WP 9 examines the conditions and prospects of democratization in European transnational legal and political arrangements – and in postnational constellations more generally – with reference to two interconnected frameworks of analysis. Each framework provides the basis for a distinct sub-project.
A first ‘top-down’ framework and sub-project examines the impact of globalisation processes, in particular the liberal trading regime of the WTO, on nation state democracies and on the democratisation of the European Union.
A second ‘bottom-up’ framework and sub-project instead pursues the issue of regional democratization from a state-centred perspective. It focuses on Canada as a model of ‘state-based cosmopolitanism.’ This provides a comparative perspective from which to examine the democratic potential of the EU as a polity which, similar to Canada, possesses both high levels of regulatory centralization and institutional co-ordination and a resilient cultural pluralism.
More details on the research objectives of WP 9.
RECON partners WP 9:
European University Institute, Florence
RECON participants WP 9:
John Erik Fossum (co-leader WP 9), ARENA, University of Oslo
Christian Joerges (co-leader WP 9), ZERP, University of Bremen
Ben Crum, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Claire O’Brien, The Danish Institute for Human Rights
Eric Miklin, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Jürgen Neyer, European University Viadrina Frankfurt/Oder
Maria Weimer, European University Institute
Neil Walker, University of Edinburgh
Poul F. Kjaer, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University
Rainer Nickel, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University
Thorsten Hüller, ZERP, University of Bremen
Ulrike Ehling, European University Viadrina Frankfurt/Oder