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Opposing Integration on Matters of Social and Normative Preferences: A New Dimension of Political Contestation in the EU
Author(s) -
LECONTE CECILE
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
jcms: journal of common market studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.54
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1468-5965
pISSN - 0021-9886
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2008.00831.x
Subject(s) - contest , legitimacy , normative , mainstream , politics , dimension (graph theory) , european union , political science , resizing , political economy , civil society , law and economics , sociology , law , economics , mathematics , pure mathematics , economic policy
With the enlargement of the EU agenda, an increasing number of actors contest the legitimacy of EU‐level decisions in policy areas where ethical preferences are at stake. This discourse, which is articulated by mainstream political parties and civil society actors, represents a new type of political contestation in the Union.