Publishing Institution: European Research Papers Archive / Political Geography: France / Topic: Government

Author:: Christian Joerges, Rainer Nickel, Damian Chalmers, Florian Rödl, and Robert Wai
Publication Date:: 07-2005
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: European Research Papers Archive
Abstract:: The clear rejection of the European Constitutional Treaty by the French and Dutch electorates seems to reflect, at least in part, the uneasiness of many European citizens with a Europe which they perceive to govern "from above" with insufficient legitimacy, and without an adequate balance of free market vs. social concerns.
Topic:: Government and Treaties and Agreements
Political Geography:: Europe and France

Author:: Vivian A. Schmidt
Publication Date:: 06-2005
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: European Research Papers Archive
Abstract:: Public discourse, understood both as ideas about public action and interactive processes that serve to 'coordinate' the construction of those ideas and to 'communicate' them to the public, has been central to the success (or failure) of the reform projects of social democratic parties. Certain background factors, including countries' policy legacies, problems, preferences, and capacity set the stage for reform while good ideas which are cognitively sound and normatively appropriate as well as relevant, coherent, and consistent contribute to reform success. But institutional context also matters with regard to how ideas are conveyed to whom, with 'simple' polities emphasizing the 'communicative' discourse to the general public and more 'compound' polities the 'coordinative' discourse among policy actors. This is demonstrated with examples from Germany, France, Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Sweden.
Topic:: Civil Society, Democratization, and Government
Political Geography:: Europe, France, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Sweden, and Netherlands

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