Editors’ introduction to the Special Issue Changing realities, changing narratives? A narrative reading of EU perceptions in a changing Europe by Pauline Heinrichs, Natalia Chaban, Jan Osička, and Veronika Zapletalová15/02/2021 - 4:00 pmStudies of perceptions of the EU in post-Maidan Ukraine and post-Brexit Europe inevitably turn to the theme of a ‘changing Europe in a changing world’. Our Special Issue makes a timely contribution to the question of how perception studies – as an approach to studying the EU – can help us understand narratives of change […]
Changing realities, changing narratives? A narrative reading of EU perceptions in a changing Europe by Pauline Heinrichs15/02/2021 - 3:54 pmWhat kind of Europe the EU seeks to be, how it perceives itself and how it seeks to enact this Europe is a highly contentious issue and has powerful political stakes attached to its construction and realisation. This paper is specifically interested in how crises can constitute a compounded and expanded space for agency of […]
On its path to become ‘North European’: political climate change narrative in Latvia by Vineta Kleinberga15/02/2021 - 3:49 pmThe European Green Deal is the European Union’s latest expression of its ambition to become a world leader in addressing climate change. This study seeks to examine how Latvia – an EU member state – deals with the change brought about by a changing climate and the EU’s response to it. Informed by a strategic […]
Framing the EU and the Green Deal in Estonia: A reluctant balancing act by Maili Vilson15/02/2021 - 3:44 pmAs the new government incorporating the populist EKRE party took office in Estonia in spring 2019, concerns emerged about Estonia’s long-standing policy outlook of strong Euro-Atlantic integration. Other coalition members had to balance EKRE’s policy positions, which manifested in contradictory statements and vague decisions. Analysing the Estonian government’s rhetoric about the EU, this paper reveals […]
Europe in local news by Muriel C. Pluschke15/02/2021 - 3:39 pmLocal newspapers are rarely in the focus of research on the European public sphere. However, due to their various democratic functions, they should not be neglected and may help to build a European public sphere. This article presents the results of an in-depth study of local newspapers by asking: a) How and to what extent […]
The EU and national sovereignty: the encounter of two concepts of sovereignty. Change or continuity? by Aistė Deimantaitė15/02/2021 - 3:33 pmThe article aims to examine and critically evaluate the idea of sovereignty and the nuances of its verbal expression through the concept of strategic narratives, to reveal different models of sovereignty within the context of European Union Member States (mainly France, Hungary/Poland) and the European Union (EU) since 2017. The article seeks to answer the […]
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