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Les clivages sociaux en Europe autour de la construction politique européenne en 2005-2010: l’Europe des élites contre l’État-Nation des classes populaires?
Social cleavages in Europe around the political European construction, 2005-2010: Europe of the elites against the nation state of popular classes?
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Abstract The rejection of the European Constitution by French and Dutch voters in 2005 has brought about an unprecedented crisis for European integration, with strong risks of regression into nationalism and xenophobia. However, in a paradoxical way, that crisis has not prevented the building of a political ... view more
The rejection of the European Constitution by French and Dutch voters in 2005 has brought about an unprecedented crisis for European integration, with strong risks of regression into nationalism and xenophobia. However, in a paradoxical way, that crisis has not prevented the building of a political Europe - even a federal Europe - because it has hampered intergovernmental negotiations more than the functioning of European institutions. Moreover, social polarisation means that Europhiles in the élites have been able to press for institutional solutions culminating in the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, a landmark in the consolidation of the European Union.... view less
Keywords
European integration; EU; constitution; political integration; political elite; social class; European institution; nation state; social problem; referendum; Lisbon Treaty
Classification
European Politics
Document language
French
Publication Year
2010
Page/Pages
p. 13-24
Journal
Annals of the University of Bucharest / Political science series, 12 (2010)
ISSN
1582-2486
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works