Europe – The Unfinished Democracy
A Vision for the European Union
Ute Scheub
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Ute Scheub, Mehr Demokratie e.V. (Hg.), Europe – The Unfinished Democracy (2018), oekom verlag, München, ISBN: 9783962387952
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Beschreibung / Abstract
We need a new positive vision for Europe. Up until now our European house has been more like an impregnable fortress of bureaucracy than a flexible and open building that welcomes and shelters all kinds of different people with their different needs.
This book describes how the European house can be totally renovated, brick by brick. Its foundations will consist of a broader democracy, civic participation, solidarity, human rights and climate protection.
This book describes how the European house can be totally renovated, brick by brick. Its foundations will consist of a broader democracy, civic participation, solidarity, human rights and climate protection.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Europe. The Unfinished Democracy
- Contents
- Introduction: The European house
- The shared European house
- We want to have a say in government
- Chapter 1: A brief reminder of Europe†™s long history
- The nation – a fragile construct
- In the beginning was the peace project
- The EUphoria is over
- Europe is our daily life
- Chapter 2: Why is the European house teetering? The main construction flaws
- Non-separation of powers
- Is Europe a business club?
- Too much regulation, too much deregulation
- The cold language of “competitiveness†
- The eurozone fosters inequality and tensions
- The nuclear power obligation
- Agricultural madness
- Militarisation and securitisation
- Chapter 3: Redesigning and rebuilding the European house
- Renovating the house
- Making the door wider
- Opening the doors, installing glass, closing the secret rooms
- A house with guest rooms: refugee policy
- A house with a joint account and a shared money-box: monetary and social union
- A house with windows into the future
- A house with a garden and kitchen: agricultural policy
- A house with climate controls: energy, climate and mobility policy
- A house with an agora: media and culture
- A house with rooms for rest and relaxation: peace policy
- An open house for all: direct and consultative democracy
- Rebuilding the house
- A house with doors open to the regions
- Putting in new foundations for the European house
- Vision: The European house in one or two decades†™ time
- What does Mehr Demokratie e. V. want?
- About the author
- Notes