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Author:   Markus Patberg (Research Fellow in political theory, Research Fellow in political theory, University of Hamburg)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.40cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.566kg
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9780198845218

ISBN 10:   0198845219
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   03 December 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Reclaiming Constituent Power Part I: Setting the Stage 1: Why Constituent Power? European Integration and the Problem of Usurpation 2: Public Narratives of Constituent Power in the European Union Part II: Exploring Competing Models 3: Regional-Cosmopolitan Constituent Power 4: Demoi-cratic Constituent Power 5: Dual Constituent Power 6: Destituent Power Part III: Constructing a New Theory 7: Higher-Level Constituent Power: A New Conceptual Framework 8: Citizens All the Way Down: Rethinking the Dual Constituent Subject 9: Extraordinary Partisanship: The Problem of Political Agency 10: A Permanent Constitutional Assembly: An Institutional Proposal Conclusion: Constituent Power and the Future of the European Union

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Markus Patberg develops and defends the idea of constituent power as a response to the frequent complaint that the EU lacks adequate popular authorisation and accountability. In so doing, he goes beyond the conventional debate about the EU's alleged democratic deficit to address the more fundamental question of the democratic legitimacy of how the EU is constituted. The result is an important and thought-provoking contribution to the literature. * Richard Bellamy, Professor of Political Science, UCL * For those of us who believe that the EU will lose its soul if it continues to be shielded from democratic contestation, it matters to ask how its citizens should shape what it does. In his masterful study, Markus Patberg offers a theoretically ground-breaking answer to this crucial question bringing together social facts and norms, stories and concepts, law and politics, to design a new model of pouvoir constituant mixte whereby European and national citizenship form the dual basis for the EU's democratic renewal. * Kalypso Nicolaidis, Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford * Constituent Power in the European Union breathes new life into the debates about the constitutionalization of the EU and offers a bold reform agenda to turn the EU's democratic deficit around. Drawing on a Habermasian inspired rational reconstruction of the institutional development of the EU, Patberg lays out how citizens acting as a constituent power are properly entitled to decide on the structure and reach of the EU. With the powerful metaphor of citizens all the way down, Patberg constructs a persuasive defense of the idea of a pouvoir constituant mixte that pushes past empty normative ideals and offers concrete institutional and organizational proposals for citizens to exercise constituent power in the EU. * Simone Chambers, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Irvine * In combining thorough philosophical analysis with a close understanding of European politics, Constituent Power in the European Union succeeds where many others fail. Markus Patberg offers a deeply grounded, philosophical reading of the European Union as relying on a mixed constituent power that helps to make sense of many of its characteristics that often seem inexplicable. At the same time, the book offers a precise and compelling critique of the democratic shortcomings of the EU and issues in concrete recommendations for reform. * Ben Crum, Professor of Political Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam * Patberg's brilliant book shows how the concept of constituent power is as relevant today as at the birth of the modern age. Taking it out of the national setting, he demonstrates how this seemingly abstract idea has real-world purchase in the age of transnational integration and disintegration, all the while pointing us in a progressive direction. The result is a fascinating new political theory of the European Union * Jonathan White, Professor of Politics, LSE *

In the context of a significant period of crisis and transformations, Patberg's rich and illuminating book touches upon a crucial aspect of European constitutionalism, rarely explored from a political theory perspective. If change is necessary, how should it take place to be legitimate? Which actors are entitled to promote it? These questions ought to be taken into account by lawyers and the need to have a conversation across disciplines is nowadays more pressing than ever. * Massimo Fichera, Common Market Law Review * Patberg's brilliant book shows how the concept of constituent power is as relevant today as at the birth of the modern age. Taking it out of the national setting, he demonstrates how this seemingly abstract idea has real-world purchase in the age of transnational integration and disintegration, all the while pointing us in a progressive direction. The result is a fascinating new political theory of the European Union * Jonathan White, Professor of Politics, LSE * In combining thorough philosophical analysis with a close understanding of European politics, Constituent Power in the European Union succeeds where many others fail. Markus Patberg offers a deeply grounded, philosophical reading of the European Union as relying on a mixed constituent power that helps to make sense of many of its characteristics that often seem inexplicable. At the same time, the book offers a precise and compelling critique of the democratic shortcomings of the EU and issues in concrete recommendations for reform. * Ben Crum, Professor of Political Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam * Constituent Power in the European Union breathes new life into the debates about the constitutionalization of the EU and offers a bold reform agenda to turn the EU's democratic deficit around. Drawing on a Habermasian inspired rational reconstruction of the institutional development of the EU, Patberg lays out how citizens acting as a constituent power are properly entitled to decide on the structure and reach of the EU. With the powerful metaphor of citizens all the way down, Patberg constructs a persuasive defense of the idea of a pouvoir constituant mixte that pushes past empty normative ideals and offers concrete institutional and organizational proposals for citizens to exercise constituent power in the EU. * Simone Chambers, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Irvine * For those of us who believe that the EU will lose its soul if it continues to be shielded from democratic contestation, it matters to ask how its citizens should shape what it does. In his masterful study, Markus Patberg offers a theoretically ground-breaking answer to this crucial question bringing together social facts and norms, stories and concepts, law and politics, to design a new model of pouvoir constituant mixte whereby European and national citizenship form the dual basis for the EU's democratic renewal. * Kalypso Nicolaidis, Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford * Markus Patberg develops and defends the idea of constituent power as a response to the frequent complaint that the EU lacks adequate popular authorisation and accountability. In so doing, he goes beyond the conventional debate about the EU's alleged democratic deficit to address the more fundamental question of the democratic legitimacy of how the EU is constituted. The result is an important and thought-provoking contribution to the literature. * Richard Bellamy, Professor of Political Science, UCL *

Markus Patberg develops and defends the idea of constituent power as a response to the frequent complaint that the EU lacks adequate popular authorisation and accountability. In so doing, he goes beyond the conventional debate about the EU's alleged democratic deficit to address the more fundamental question of the democratic legitimacy of how the EU is constituted. The result is an important and thought-provoking contribution to the literature. * Richard Bellamy, Professor of Political Science, UCL * For those of us who believe that the EU will lose its soul if it continues to be shielded from democratic contestation, it matters to ask how its citizens should shape what it does. In his masterful study, Markus Patberg offers a theoretically ground-breaking answer to this crucial question bringing together social facts and norms, stories and concepts, law and politics, to design a new model of pouvoir constituant mixte whereby European and national citizenship form the dual basis for the EU's democratic renewal. * Kalypso Nicolaidis, Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford * Constituent Power in the European Union breathes new life into the debates about the constitutionalization of the EU and offers a bold reform agenda to turn the EU's democratic deficit around. Drawing on a Habermasian inspired rational reconstruction of the institutional development of the EU, Patberg lays out how citizens acting as a constituent power are properly entitled to decide on the structure and reach of the EU. With the powerful metaphor of citizens all the way down, Patberg constructs a persuasive defense of the idea of a pouvoir constituant mixte that pushes past empty normative ideals and offers concrete institutional and organizational proposals for citizens to exercise constituent power in the EU. * Simone Chambers, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Irvine *

Patberg's brilliant book shows how the concept of constituent power is as relevant today as at the birth of the modern age. Taking it out of the national setting, he demonstrates how this seemingly abstract idea has real-world purchase in the age of transnational integration and disintegration, all the while pointing us in a progressive direction. The result is a fascinating new political theory of the European Union * Jonathan White, Professor of Politics, LSE * In combining thorough philosophical analysis with a close understanding of European politics, Constituent Power in the European Union succeeds where many others fail. Markus Patberg offers a deeply grounded, philosophical reading of the European Union as relying on a mixed constituent power that helps to make sense of many of its characteristics that often seem inexplicable. At the same time, the book offers a precise and compelling critique of the democratic shortcomings of the EU and issues in concrete recommendations for reform. * Ben Crum, Professor of Political Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam * Constituent Power in the European Union breathes new life into the debates about the constitutionalization of the EU and offers a bold reform agenda to turn the EU's democratic deficit around. Drawing on a Habermasian inspired rational reconstruction of the institutional development of the EU, Patberg lays out how citizens acting as a constituent power are properly entitled to decide on the structure and reach of the EU. With the powerful metaphor of citizens all the way down, Patberg constructs a persuasive defense of the idea of a pouvoir constituant mixte that pushes past empty normative ideals and offers concrete institutional and organizational proposals for citizens to exercise constituent power in the EU. * Simone Chambers, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Irvine * For those of us who believe that the EU will lose its soul if it continues to be shielded from democratic contestation, it matters to ask how its citizens should shape what it does. In his masterful study, Markus Patberg offers a theoretically ground-breaking answer to this crucial question bringing together social facts and norms, stories and concepts, law and politics, to design a new model of pouvoir constituant mixte whereby European and national citizenship form the dual basis for the EU's democratic renewal. * Kalypso Nicolaidis, Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford * Markus Patberg develops and defends the idea of constituent power as a response to the frequent complaint that the EU lacks adequate popular authorisation and accountability. In so doing, he goes beyond the conventional debate about the EU's alleged democratic deficit to address the more fundamental question of the democratic legitimacy of how the EU is constituted. The result is an important and thought-provoking contribution to the literature. * Richard Bellamy, Professor of Political Science, UCL *

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"Dr Markus Patberg is a research fellow in political theory at the University of Hamburg (UHH) where he is part of the DFG-funded project ""Reclaiming Constituent Power? Emerging Counter-Narratives of EU Constitutionalisation"". His research interests lie in the field of international political theory, with a particular focus on question of democracy and constitutionalism in the European Union. Prior to joining UHH, he was a research fellow at TU Darmstadt. He has held visiting positions at University College London and the London School of Economics and Political Science."

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