Debating Europe towards the critical informed citizen? / edited by Claudia Wiesner.
| Other author | Wiesner, Claudia |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Routledge, 2026. |
| Description | pages cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge advances in european politics |
| Contents | Introduction : the puzzle of the gap between the EU and its citizens / Claudia Wiesner -- Towards a dynamic understanding of democracy in the EU : politics, politicisation and debate / Claudia Wiesner -- Rethinking EU institutional communication : pathways to democratic legitimacy / Igor Vidac¿¿ak and Ana Matan -- Young people, students and the EU : critical utilitarian democrats / Ce¿¿cile Robert, Willy Beauvallet, Kim O.K. Zilliacus, Niilo Kauppi, Ruzha Smilova and Kaloyan Velchev -- Focus group research design : methodology, standards, and findings / Zhylien Kaja and Claudia Wiesner - Studying student perceptions on the EU in an international learning interpretative and comparative research design / Claudia Wiesner -- Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, and Slovenia : the cases and the context / Kaloyan Velchev, Igor Vidac¿¿ak, Ana Matan, Kim O.K Zilliacus, Niilo Kauppi, Willy Beauvallet, Ce¿¿cile Robert, Zhylien Kaja, Claudia Wiesner, Meta Novak, Damjan Lajh -- Students as EU citizens : critical, informed, engaged, and passive / Muriel C. Wenzel, Claudia Wiesner and Zhylien Kaja -- Critical informed passive citizens of a normative power Europe 2.0 / Claudia Wiesner and Zhylien Kaja -- Young citizens' visions of EU democracy : a research outlook / Kim O.K. Zilliacus, Ruzha Smilova, Niilo Kauppi, Kaloyan Velchev, Ce¿¿cile Robert and Willy Beauvallet. |
| Abstract | "This book examines how Europe and the European Union are debated, politicised, and contested in a group of key (future) actors of European integration. Based on detailed focus group discussions with students in EU Studies and the Social Sciences from six EU countries, the book presents the core results of the theoretical, conceptual and empirical work. It first theorises and conceptualises Euroscepticism and politicisation, before presenting the core empirical findings from the collective research. These findings show that student' views on democracy in the EU are similar across the countries. Quite unexpectedly, students express strong claims to the EU, lining out a "Normative Power Europe 2.0" that is a global actor, defends democracy and fights climate change; it is associated to values such as equality, freedom and the rule of law, and especially; non-EU citizens see the EU as an ideal. Students make out several gaps: between citizens and EU institutions, among different member states, and among citizens. Finally, the results reveal the students as critical and informed, but passive EU citizens. This book is of key interest to scholars and students of European Studies and EU Integration Studies, Social and Political Sciences, and International Relations"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2025050110 |
| ISBN | 9781032954899 hardback |
| ISBN | 9781032954905 paperback |
| ISBN | ebook |
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