03/12/2020
Modernisation Unchallenged: The Czech Discourse on European Unity
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91 CZK
ISBN: 978-80-86506-72-2, 152 pages, published: 2008
Contents
- Introduction
- Methodology
- Discourse Analysis – the Dominating Approaches and their Shortcomings
- Approaching discourse – Grounded Theory and the Problem of Induction
- The Applied MethodThe Question of European Unity in the Czech Republic
- Developing Theoretical Proposals
- Elaboration of the Initial Proposals
- Modifying the Initial Proposals
- Summarising the Czech Central Story
- Is the Czech Discourse on Europe Unique?
- Is the Czech Republic a Typical Example of the Countries of the Fifth EU Enlargement?
- Comparing the Visgrád Countries
- Sweden – Modernisation and Identity
- Sweden’s Entrance into the EU – Outlining the Central Story
- Elaborating on the Meta-Narratives
- Three Ideal Types of the Sovereignty – Modernisation Nexus
- Modernisation, Sovereignty and the Legitimacy of Governance
- Implications for the Legitimacy Debate
- Conclusion
- Proposals for Further Research
Bibliography
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