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Ochman-Ikanowicz, M. 2020. European Elections and Challenges of Post-National Democracy. Latin American Journal of International Affairs. 10, 1 (May 2020), 1-25.
Abstract
The democratic deficit has been the persistent criticism of the European project, and is interpreted as a cause of the rise of Eurosceptic and illiberal parties. In contrast to this pessimistic view, this article defends that the construction of post-national democracy in Europe has been a slow but constant process, and significant achievement has been obtained. First, the conceptual boundaries of post-national democracy are discussed, as an ideal different that global o transnational democracies. Next, the evolution of the European Parliament as an institution that allows the effective exercise of citizen rights is presented. Finally, the European elections 2019 are analyzed in order to demonstrate the progress of post-national democracy, and to explain why European post-national democracy should be an agonistic one.
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Lacroix, J. (2002) For a European Constitutional Patriotism”, Political Studies 50(5), 944-958
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Linklater, A. (2002) “Cosmopolítan Political Communities in International Relations”, International Relations, 16(1), 135-150
Lijphart, A. (1997) “Unequal Participation: Democracy’s Unresolved Dilemma”, American Political Science Review 91(1), 1-14
Llano, F. H. (2017) “European constitutional patriotism and postnational citizenship in Jürgen Habermas”, Archiv fur Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie, 103(4), 504-516
Lupel, A. (2004) “Regionalism and globalization: Post-nation or extended nation?”, Polity 36(2),153-174
Marien, S., Dassonneville, R. y Hooge, M. (2015) “How Second Order Are Local Elections? Voting Motives and Party Preferences in Belgian Municipal Elections”, Local Government Studies 41(6), 898-916
Moral, M. (2017) “The Bipolar Voter: On the Effects of Actual and Perceived Party Polarization on Voter Turnout in European Multiparty Democracies”, Political Behavior 39(4), 935-965
Mouffe, Ch. (1999) El Retorno de lo político Barcelona: Paidós
Münch, R. (2001) Nation and Citizenship in the Global Age New York: Palgrave
Nussbaum, M. C. (1999) Los límites del patriotismo. Identidad, pertenencia y “ciudadanía mundial” Barcelona: Paidós
Ochman, M. (2006) La reconfiguración de la ciudadanía. Los retos del globalismo y de la postmodernidad, México: Porrúa
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Parlamento Europeo (s/f) “About Parliament. Previous elections” http://www.europarl.europa.eu/about-parliament/en/in-the-past/previous-elections (28.01.2019)
Parlamento Europeo (s/f) “Poderes y procedimientos. El poder legislativo”, http://www.europarl.europa.eu/about-parliament/es/powers-and-procedures/legislative-powers (31.01.2019)
Parlamento Europeo (s/f) “European Elections. Election Results”, https://www.election-results.eu/ (18.06.2019)
Payrow Shabani, O. A. (2002) “Who’s afraid of constitutional patriotism? The binding source of citizenship in constitutional states”, Social Theory and Practice 3(28)
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Pinelli, C. (2013) The Discourses on Post-National Governance and the Democratic Deficit Absent an EU Government”, European Constitutional Law Review 9, pp.177-188
Price, R. (2003) Transnational civil society and advocacy in world politics”, World Politics, 55(4), 579-606
Sassen, S. (1996) Losing control? Sovereignty in an age of globalization, Nueva York: Columbia University Press
Schakel, A. H. (2018) “Rethinking European Elections: The Importance of regional Spillover into the European Electoral Arena”, Journal of Common Market Studies, 56(3), 687-705
Scheuerman, W. E. (2009) “Postnational democracies without postnational states? Some skeptical reflections”, Ethics & Global Politics, 2(1), 41-63
Schulze, H. (2016) “The Spitzenkandidaten in the European Parliament Election Campaign Coverage 2014 in Germany, France, and the United Kingdom”, Politics and Governance 4(1), 23-36
Thornhill, Ch. (2018) “The Citizen of Many Worlds: Societal Constitutionalism and the Antinomies of Democracy”, Journal of Law and Society 45(S1), S73-S93
Tonkiss, K. (2019) “Locating the post-national activist: migration rights, civil society and the practice of post-nationalism”, Ethnic and Racial Studies 42(2), 159-177
Trumm, S. y Sudulich, L. (2018) “What does it take to make it to the polling station? The effects of campaign activities on electoral participation”, Party Politics 24(2), 168-184
Volt (s/f) “Amsterdam Declaration”, https://www.volteuropa.org/amsterdamdeclaration (25.01.2018)
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