Governing Europe's spaces : European Union re-imagined / edited by Caitríona Carter and Martin Lawn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carter, Caitriona, editor.

Lawn, Martin, editor.

Series:

European Policy Research Unit series.

European Policy Research Unit series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Union.

European Union countries--Politics and government.

European Union countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 203 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester [U.K.] : Manchester University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Dominant visions have tended towards imagining Europe as an object - an entity of one sort or another. This book explores the different spaces of Europe/European Union (EU). The first part of the book presents research critically examining actor practices within familiar spaces of action - the European Parliament and the European Commission. It makes the case for the salience of research which distinguishes between spaces of 'frontstage' and 'backstage' politics and shows the interactions between the two. One cannot understand how EU gender mainstreaming policy really works unless one engages with the processes and actors involved. The second part presents research showing how, through their political work, a range of individuals and groups have sought to reconcile Europe with social representations of their industry or their nation to bring about change. It presents a case study of impact assessment of flatfish stocks in the North Sea, and contributes to the cross-fertilisation of Science and Technology Studies with a political sociology of the EU. The book shows how actors are pursuing regional interests, and the work they do in referencing Europe promotes agendas in the 'home' contexts of Scotland and canton Zurich. The final part of the book explores practices of EU government which either have been under-explored hitherto or are newly emerging. These are the knowledge work of a European consultant; measurement work to define and create a European education policy space; collective private action to give social meaning to sustainable Europe.

Contents:

Governing Europe's spaces; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 Performing Europe: backstage versus frontstage politics in the European Parliament; 2 Interpreting Europe: mainstreaming gender in Directorate-General for Research, European Commission; 3 Modelling Europe: the political work of impact assessment; 4 Referencing Europe: usages of Europe in national identity projects; 5 Consulting to Europe: knowledge agents and the building of Europe; 6 Measuring Europe: making sense of Europe through data and statistics

7 Depoliticising Europe: collective private action and sustainable EuropeIndex

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 May 2026).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781781708415

178170841X

9781784991821

1784991821

OCLC:

982023579