This work deals with national identity, a very important national dimension in the context of
European integration. The first part of this article comprises a review of ideas on identity in …

A reassessment of the European Union (EU) studies in recent years has seen an increasing
interplay among disciplines, resulting in increased breadth and depth of conceptual …

Unia Europejska od wielu lat zmaga się z zarzutami o niedostatecznym poziomie
legitymizacji podejmowanych decyzji na szczeblu społecznym oraz wciąż niewielkim …

Since 1945 Europeans have able to draw on shared memories of war and suffering to create
the European Union. Recently, a new generation born after Europe's age of total war has …

Some years ago,'the nature of the beast'(Risse-Kappen 1996) was one of the major
concerns of students of European Integration (EI). This long-lasting debate between …

The article represents a contribution to discussions about the basis, motives, and goals of
European integration stimulated by the recent “normative turn” in EU studies. My aim is …

The article analyses the relation between the national public space and the European public
space in the new context of Romania: adhering at the European Union. The first section …

Direct democracy is becoming more and more significant in political life. Not only does it
give citizens the right to choose the government, it also gives them the right to contribute to …

This article examines the idea that the EU could export its promotion of the public sphere.
The Commission perception of the public sphere is unclear and the EU is not exporting a …

Research and teaching on Europe and on the European Union (EU) have grown
exponentially in recent years, both within Europe and throughout the world. There has been …