Actions for Transnational citizenship in the European Union : past, present, and future
Transnational citizenship in the European Union : past, present, and future / Espen D.H. Olsen
- Author
- Olsen, Espen D. H.
- Published
- London ; New York : Continuum International Publishing Group, [2012]
- Copyright Date
- ©2012
- Physical Description
- x, 198 pages ; 24 cm
- Additional Creators
- Olsen, Espen D. H.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: Citizenship: European, National, or In-Between? -- Path Dependence and Critical Junctures of European Citizenship -- A Note on Methods -- Outline of the Book -- 1.The Founding Decades -- Integrating Coal and Steel Markets: Whither Citizenship? -- The Treaty of Rome: The Market Citizen Appears -- ECJ: Raising the Stakes on European Rights -- Free Movement Legislation: From Principles to Policy -- Conclusion -- 2.Bringing Identity, Rights, and Elections In -- Paris, Copenhagen, Paris: Visions of Political Union and European Identity -- Passport Union -- Special Rights for Europeans -- A European Electorate -- The Tindemans Report: Citizenship Already Out of Vogue? -- Conclusion -- 3.The European Parliament and the Spinelli Project -- "The Crocodile Club" -- The Committee on Institutional Affairs -- The Draft Treaty on European Union: The EP as a "Constituent Assembly" -- Conclusion -- 4.Europe of "No Borders" -- "A People's Europe" -- The Single European Act: Explicit Citizenship Politics Brought to a Halt -- The Schengen Agreement: Borderless Europe, (Trans)national Citizenship -- Free Movement Legislation: Residence Rights Back in Play -- Conclusion -- 5.The Maastricht Process -- From Amending the SEA to Achieving Political Union -- Negotiating Union: Citizenship and Democratic Legitimacy -- Union Citizenship: The Fundamentals of Explicit Citizenship in the EU -- Conclusion -- 6.The Years In-Between: From Maastricht to Constitutional Projects -- Post-Maastricht Politics: The "Meaning" of European Citizenship -- Amsterdam Treaty: The Circle Was Complete -- Nationality, Rights, and the "Internal" Character of Citizenship -- The Charter of Fundamental Rights: Not So "Fundamental" After All? -- Conclusion -- 7.The Convention on the Future of Europe and Its Aftermath -- The "Listening" Phase: Setting the Constitutional Stage -- The "Deliberating" Phase: Rights, Dual Citizenship, and Values -- The "Drafting" Phase: Consolidation Once More -- The "Mourning" Phase: Constitutional Failure and Citizenship -- Conclusion -- 8.European Projects, Resilience of the "National," and Citizenship in the EU -- The Mirage of Transcending the Nation-State -- Failed Reform Proposals and Resilience of the "National" -- New Horizons: European Crises and ECJ Activism -- Implications of Studying Transnational Citizenship -- Conclusion -- Conclusions, Questions, and Challenges -- The Argument Summarized -- Unanswered Issues and Prospects for Future Research -- The Future of European Citizenship.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9781441116932
1441116931 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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