Equal citizenship and its limits in EU law : we the burden / Päivi Johanna Neuvonen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neuvonen, Päivi Johanna, 1983- author.

Series:

Modern studies in European law ; Volume 61.

Modern studies in European law ; v. 61

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Citizenship--European Union countries.

Citizenship.

Equality before the law--European Union countries.

Equality before the law.

Political rights--European Union countries.

Political rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing Ltd, 2016.

Summary:

The research monograph Equal Citizenship and Its Limits in EU Law: We the Burden? is a critical study of the scope of EU citizenship as an 'equal status' of all Member State nationals. The book re-conceptualises the relationship between the status of EU citizenship and EU citizens' fundamental right to equal treatment by asking what indicates the presence of agency in EU law. A thorough analysis of the case-law is used to support the argument that the present view of active citizenship in EU law fails to explain how EU citizens should be treated in relation to one another and what counts as 'related' for the purposes of equal treatment in a transnational context. In addressing these questions, the book responds to the increasing need to find a more substantive theory of justice for the European Union. The book suggests that a more balanced view of agency in the case of EU citizens can be based on the inherent connection between citizens' agency and their subjectivity. This analysis provides an integrated philosophical account of transnational equality by showing that a new source of 'meaningful relationships' for the purposes of equal treatment arises from recognizing and treating EU citizens as full subjects of EU law and European integration. The book makes a significant contribution to the existing scholarship on EU law, first, by demonstrating that the undefined nature of EU citizenship is fundamentally a question about transnational justice and not just about individual rights and, secondly, by introducing a framework within which the current normative indeterminacy of EU citizenship can be overcome

Contents:

The evolution of equality in EU law: from nationality discrimination towards equal citizenship

Equal treatment: a (limited) right of all EU citizens

EU citizens' responsibility to be active and its alternatives

(re)constructing EU citizenship as a source of subjectivity

EU citizens as equal subjects of European integration : practice and theory

Conclusions.

Notes:

Based on author's thesis (doctoral - University of Oxford, 2013) issued under title: We the burden.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781782258186

1782258183

9781782258179

1782258175

OCLC:

930364296