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Understanding Conflicts of Sovereignty in the EU

Understanding Conflicts of Sovereignty in the EU

Author: Nathalie Brack; Ramona Coman; Amandine Crespy
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9780367761394

Published In: May 2021
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Paperback Edition ISBN: 9781138783690

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This book investigates the multifaceted conflicts of sovereignty in the recent crises in the European Union.

Although the notion of sovereignty has been central in the contentious debates triggered by the recent crises in the European Union, it remains strikingly under-researched in political science. This book bridges this gap by providing both theoretical reflections and empirical analyses of today’s conflicts of sovereignty in the EU. More particularly, it investigates conflicts between four types of sovereignty. First, national sovereignty referring to the autonomy of the Westphalian Nation-State to rule on a territory delimited by borders; second, the supranational sovereignty acquired by the EU in a fragmentary fashion in a number of scattered internal and external policy fields; third, parliamentary sovereignty understood as the autonomy of parliaments (at the regional, national and European levels) to take part in the decision making process and control the executive in the name of the principles of election and representation; fourth, popular sovereignty whereby the body politic confers legitimacy to decision makers in a democratic system.

Through an analysis of the various crises (rule of law, Brexit, migration, Eurozone crisis), the chapters look at how sovereignty is framed and contested by different types of actors, and how the strengthening or the weakening of certain types of sovereignty contribute to shape preferences regarding policies and governance structures in the multi-level EU.

The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the Journal of European Integration.

1. Unpacking old and new conflicts of sovereignty in the European polity

Nathalie Brack, Ramona Coman and Amandine Crespy

2. ‘I want my sovereignty back!’ A comparative analysis of the populist discourses of Podemos, the 5 Star Movement, the FN and UKIP during the economic and migration crises

Arthur Borriello and Nathalie Brack

3. Contesting EU authority in the name of European identity: the new clothes of the sovereignty discourse in Central Europe

Ramona Coman and Cecile Leconte

4. In the name of 'the people'? Popular Sovereignty and the 2015 Greek referendum

Amandine Crespy and Stella Ladi

5. ‘Parliamentary’, ‘popular’ and ‘pooled’: conflicts of sovereignty in the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union

Chris Bickerton

6. The Court of Justice of the European Union, conflicts of sovereignty and the EMU crisis

Sabine Saurugger and Fabien Terpan

7. The new European Border and Coast Guard Agency: Pooling Sovereignty or Giving It Up?

Denis Duez and Martin Delheixe

8. Safeguarding, shifting, splitting or sharing? Conflicting conceptions of popular sovereignty in the EU-polity