Claudia Wiesner Book order

* contributes to debates on EU politicisation, EU democratisation and EU identity formation. * contributes to the debate on the democratisation of the EU

Focusing on the politicisation and democratisation of the EU, this book delves into the complexities of EU identity through a comparative analysis of the ratification discourses surrounding the EU Constitutional Treaty in 2005 in Germany and France. It explores key questions and concepts that shape the understanding of these processes, providing insights into the differing national perspectives and their implications for the future of the European Union.

This book explores the evolution of the EU as a democratic polity, highlighting the diverse concepts and ideas that have shaped it. It delves into the controversies and debates surrounding its democratic institutions, focusing on the establishment of a parliament, universal suffrage, and the relationship between government and parliament in the EU.

Focusing on the intersection of debates and political action, the book provides both theoretical insights and practical methods for analysis. It defines politics and political discourse, elaborates on debates as exchanges of arguments, and offers research practices for examining texts. Through case studies, it illustrates how to analyze parliamentary debates, documents, and media articles, making it a valuable resource for students and scholars interested in political rhetoric and text analysis.

In Debate with Kari Palonen is a collection of 48 essays written by scholars from a great variety of research fields. All essays discuss the scientific contributions of the Finnish political scientist Kari Palonen, from his views on political thought to the understanding of conceptual change and the study of politics as an activity. The essays critically engage with Palonen's arguments and explore their implications in the diverse domains of the social sciences and humanities. The first section of the book raises theoretical questions about the relationship between political theory and conceptual history, as well as the extension of the latter to other disciplines. The second section looks at past and contemporary political institutions, processes and constellations through the lenses of Palonen´s oeuvre and thought. Here, particular emphasis is placed on politics as a concept and as an activity. The third section discusses the idea of plural histories, contingencies and intellectual engagements. This includes reflections situating Palonen within wider debates in the social sciences and humanities as well as identifying shifts in his work as it has developed. In Debate with Kari Palonen thus provides students and scholars alike with an exciting opportunity to observe cross-generational intellectual reactions to some of the many ideas and debates Palonen has initiated or contributed to.

This book presents an alternative view to implicit and explicit assumptions on the relation between Parliament and Europe in contemporary Europe. It is common to assume European integration to diminish the influence of national parliaments, and the European Parliament not to possess sufficient competencies. Alternatively, this volume rather aims at demonstrating that the relation between Parliament and Europe is a dynamic one in several respects and that it is shaped crucially by political rhetoric, the parliamentary style of politics being based on “government by speaking” (Macaulay) . The books starting point is to take Parliament and Europe as political concepts which are currently objects of change and struggle. “A new world requires a new science of politics” − Alexis de Tocqueville’s famous words from 1835 can also be applied to the new world of the European Union. Departing from this idea, the book aims at enabling a dynamic view on the relationship between Parliament and Europe by rendering the conceptual and political struggles as well as the dynamic and changing interrelations between Parliaments and Europe more visible and accessible.