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Introduction: A Moment for European Sturm und Drang ?
Author(s) -
Chalmers Damian
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
global policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.602
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1758-5899
pISSN - 1758-5880
DOI - 10.1111/1758-5899.12009
Subject(s) - utopia , politics , european union , resilience (materials science) , space (punctuation) , democracy , moment (physics) , political science , sociology , humanities , law , art , philosophy , economics , linguistics , international trade , physics , classical mechanics , thermodynamics
Guest editor Damian Chalmers introduces the special issue by highlighting three themes raised by Lord Dahrendorf in a 2003 article: ‘the processes which have led to the Union being a space for technical cooperation rather than vigorous political contestation, the resilience of the characterisation of Europe as a Utopia, and finally Europe’s need to build a common and democratic social space.’