1st Edition

Citizenship, Democracy and Justice in the New Europe

Edited By Percy B. Lehning, Albert Weale Copyright 1997
    224 Pages
    by Routledge

    224 Pages
    by Routledge

    The contributors to this study address the question of how political theory is relevant to the construction of new Europe and the tie-in issues of citizenship, social justice and political legitimacy. By using techniques of contemporary political theory, the book argues that the emergence of new Europe poses fundamental questions of value and principle and challenges more established political theories in the process.

    List of contributors, Acknowledgements, Preface, 1 Citizenship, democracy and justice in the new Europe, 2 Justice, practical reason and boundaries, 3 Structural rationality, democratic citizenship and the new Europe, 4 Justice vs. culture: which comes first?, 5 Political pluralism and European citizenship, 6 A liberal view on a European constitution, 7 Pluralism, contractarianism and European union, 8 Majority rule, political identity and European union, 9 Emancipatory politics between universalism and difference: gender perspectives on European citizenship, 10 Basic income and the political economy of the new Europe, 11 European citizenship: a mirage?, Index

    Biography

    Percy B. Lehning, Albert Weale