Beyond Nationalism: Acting and Thinking for the Common Good in the European Union

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Labareda, João.

Series:

European Politics

Language:

English

Physical Description:

205 pages.

Summary:

This book discusses the meaning of the common good in a European Union thorned by nationalist tendencies and presents concrete policies to improve its achievement. It analyses the normative relevance of EU values as a shared moral standpoint that allows highly diverse member states to label a given collective choice as 'good' or 'bad'. It discusses the role of EU institutions as both guardians and enablers of EU values in a globalised world and introduces a few proposals for institutional reform at the EU level that could strengthen this role. It also presents six strategies to improve civic friendship in the EU, in the absence of which any institutional efforts to promote the common good may be undermined by the citizens' lack of willingness to share its burdens.

Contents:

Front Matter / Joao Labareda

Disclaimer / Joao Labareda

Contents / Joao Labareda

Acknowledgements / Joao Labareda

Introduction / Joao Labareda

1 What is the common good? / Joao Labareda

2 Understanding EU values / Joao Labareda

3 National interests versus the common good / Joao Labareda

4 EU institutions for the common good / Joao Labareda

5 Building civic friendship in the European Union / Joao Labareda

Conclusion / Joao Labareda

Bibliography / Joao Labareda

Index / Joao Labareda

Notes:

CC BY-NC-ND

ISBN:

9781526169105

152616910X

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access