The EU Fundamental Rights Policy as a Source of Euroscepticism

Abstract This article analyzes how the development of the European Union (EU) fundamental rights policy feeds Euroscepticism—and notably political Euroscepticism—within segments of national political elites in EU Member States. More specifically, it argues that this relatively new policy also gives rise to a new form of political Euroscepticism, which has been defined as “value-based Eu…

Introduction to Special Issue “Understanding Resistance to the EU Fundament…

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ISBN/ISSN

1874-6306

Deskripsi Fisik

Human Rights Review (2014) 15:1–12

Judul Seri

Human Rights Review (2014) 15:1–12

No. Panggil

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From pathology to mainstream phenomenon: Reviewing the Euroscepticism debat…

When taking stock of the now vast literature on Euroscepticism, one cannot but notice the often deeply normative character of much of the academic research on this topic. This article argues that it is as a result of the pro-integration bias in mainstream EC/EU studies that Euroscepticism has been conceptualized as a ‘phenomenon of the periphery’ – be it the periphery of party systems,…