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European exceptionalism?
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Abstract The paper discusses recent propositions that forms of a European exceptionalism are now emerging. The paper first asks what makes a political entity exceptionalist. For this purpose inspiration is sought in American exceptionalism as a model. The paper then discusses whether Europe displays comparab... view more
The paper discusses recent propositions that forms of a European exceptionalism are now emerging. The paper first asks what makes a political entity exceptionalist. For this purpose inspiration is sought in American exceptionalism as a model. The paper then discusses whether Europe displays comparable features in the fields of international legal policy and domestic rights culture. It also asks whether there are other aspects of European governance which could make it plausible to speak of a European exceptionalism. The paper concludes that it is misleading to use the term European exceptionalism because the underlying phenomena are not comparable what is usually understood as American exceptionalism. (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
legal policy; United States of America; Europe; political development
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
European Politics
Free Keywords
Exzeptionalismus
Document language
English
Publication Year
2012
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
32 p.
Series
Discussion Papers / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, WZB Rule of Law Center, SP IV 2012-802
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10419/66220
Status
Published Version; reviewed
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