Workshop is organized by the Center for European Studies at the Bremen University – Project “Citizenship and Constitution: Transformations of the Public Sphere in East- and West-European Integration” and by the Institute of Sociology AS CR– Project “Reconstituting Democracy in Europe”
If you have any questions about the workshop, please feel free to contact the program organizers at alzebeta.bernardyova@soc.cas.cz.
Introduction - Dr. Zdenka Mansfeldova (Institute of Sociology AS CR)
Key Note:
"If the EU is not democratic, how can its impact upon domestic polities not be un-democratic?"
Prof. Philippe C. Schmitter (Florence, EUI)
Discussant: Zdislaw Krasnodebski (University of Bremen/CEuS)
- Coffee Break - 14:30 – 18:30
Guest speaker:
The European Constitutional Process from the Point of View of Selected Policy Areas
Doc. Jana Reschova (Charles University, Faculty of Law and University of Economics, Faculty of International Relations)
Missing links? Citizenship, Civil Society and Political Parties in the EU’s Constitutional Process – expectations and practices
Prof. Dr. Ulrike Liebert (University of Bremen/CEuS)
Discussion
„Anger, politics, and structural adjustment in the new member states: Poland in a comparative perspective“
Prof. David Ost (Hobart & Wm. Smith Colleges/NY)
Discussant: Zdislaw Krasnodebski (University of Bremen/CEuS)
The Radical Right in Central Eastern Europe
Lenka Bustikova Siroky (Duke University)
Discussion
1st paper by doctoral candidate -
Civil Society Participation and EU legitimacy: Comparing New and Old Member States
Petra Rakusanova
Discussant: David Ost
Discussion
2nd paper by doctoral candidate
EU Constitutional Politics in Ethno-Linguistically Divided Societies: Latvia and Estonia
Tatjana Evas (UniHB/CEuS)
Discussant: David Ost
Discussion
- Coffee break -
3rd paper by doctoral candidates
National Citizenship between Liberalization and Ethnicization: towards Democratic Convergence?
Aleksandra Wyrozumska
Discussant: David Ost
Discussion
4th paper by doctoral candidates
“Constituting European Citizenship? Political Party Representation and Communication in the UK and Germany”
Kathrin Packham
Discussant: Lenka Bustikova Siroky
Discussion
A New European Order? Civil Society, Political Parties and Economic Groups in Network Analysis
Dr. Alexander Gattig (UniHB/CEuS)
Public Attitudes toward European Integration in the Republic of Ireland
Pat Lyons, PhD (Institute of Sociology AS CR)
- Coffee break -
5th paper by doctoral candidates
“Struggling about the European Constitution: the Political Influence of Producer Groups and NGO’s in France and Germany”
Samba Diop
Discussant: Dr. Zdenka Mansfeldova
Discussion
6th paper by Diploma candidate
“TCE Legitimation by Parliamentary Ratification? Civil Society in Germany”
Nora Hentrop
Discussant: Ulrike Liebert
Discussion
- Lunch break -
Afternoon:
Closed session
Wrap-up, results and planning
Conclusion of the workshop
