Mezinárodní workshop - Missing Links? Citizenship, Civil Society & Political Parties in European Constitutional Politics

Workshop je organizovaný Centrem pro evropská studia Univerzity v Brémách v rámci projektu "Citizenship and Constitution: Transformations of the Public Sphere in East- and West-European Integration” a Sociologickým ústavem AV ČR, v.v.i., v rámci projektu “Reconstituting Democracy in Europe”.

Mezinárodní workshop se koná v zasedací místnosti č. 207 ve 2.patře Sociologického ústavu AV ČR, v.v.i., od 11.7. do 13. 7. 2007.

V případě zájmu kontaktujte Alžbětu Bernardyovou alzebeta.bernardyova@soc.cas.cz z oddělení Sociologie politiky.

Wednesday 11th July, 13:00 – 14:00

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

Thursday 12th July, 9:00 – 13:00

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

Friday 13th July, 9:00 – 13:00

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