Making EU Politics Public: How the EU institutions develop public communication

Dr. Christina Altides

doi:10.5771/9783845220123

Summary

„Europäische Institutionen kommunizieren zu wenig“ – so lautet eine der jüngsten Diagnosen zur steigenden EU-Verdrossenheit und niedrigen Wahlbeteiligung bei Europawahlen. Gleichzeitig versichern Europäisches Parlament und Kommission, wie nie zu vor alles daran zu setzen EU-Politik Bürgern zu vermitteln. Wie lässt sich dieser Widerspruch erklären? Dieser Band geht dieser Frage nach und untersucht – aus einem handlungs- und organisationstheoretischen Blickwinkel, mit Hilfe von qualitativen Interviews – die Intentionen, Organisationsprozesse und Machtstrukturen, auf denen die institutionelle Kommunikation des EU-Parlaments und der Kommission basiert. Anhand der gewonnenen inner-institutionellen Einblicke lässt sich erklären, warum beide Institutionen nicht nur öffentlichen, sondern auch eigenen idealtypischen Vorstellungen von demokratischer Kommunikation nicht entsprechen - und nicht entsprechen können. Damit bietet die Arbeit nicht nur einen alternativen theoretischen Blickwinkel auf die akademische Debatte um das Kommunikationsdefizit der EU. Die aufgezeigten Zusammenhänge sind auch für die Praktiker institutioneller EU-Kommunikation von großer Relevanz.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2009
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8329-4966-2
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-2012-3
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Regieren in Europa | Governance in Europe
Volume: 16
Language: English
Pages: 227
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 2 - 11 Christina Altides
Figures and tables No access Pages 12 - 12 Christina Altides
Abbreviations No access Pages 13 - 14 Christina Altides
Introduction No access Pages 15 - 18 Christina Altides
1. 1. Enhancing EU legitimacy through public communication? No access Pages 19 - 23 Christina Altides
  2. Why should the EP and the Commission communicate? No access Pages 23 - 26 Christina Altides
  3. The changing role of institutional communication throughout the integration process No access Pages 26 - 30 Christina Altides
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    1. Normative expectations No access Christina Altides
    2. Professional demands No access Christina Altides
  2. How EU institutions do not communicate what they are expected to No access Pages 35 - 38 Christina Altides
  3. Researching the EU institutional communication deficit No access Pages 38 - 39 Christina Altides
3. 1. External boundaries to EU institutional communication No access Pages 39 - 45 Christina Altides
  2. Formal institutional obstacles No access Pages 45 - 47 Christina Altides
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    1. Lack of determination No access Christina Altides
    2. Problems with coordinating institutional communication No access Christina Altides
    3. Internal rivalries No access Christina Altides
  4. Explaining the EU institutions’ communication deficit No access Pages 52 - 53 Christina Altides
1. 1. Corporate institutional actors – beyond unitary conceptions No access Pages 54 - 57 Christina Altides
  2. The many communicators in the EP and the Commission No access Pages 57 - 61 Christina Altides
  3. Implications for EU institutional communication No access Pages 61 - 62 Christina Altides
2. 1. Norm-oriented motives for public communication No access Pages 62 - 65 Christina Altides
  2. Interest-based communication aims No access Pages 65 - 68 Christina Altides
  3. Conflicting public communication intentions No access Pages 68 - 70 Christina Altides
3. 1. Situational and individual constraints No access Pages 70 - 73 Christina Altides
  2. Organisational constraints: procedures and structures No access Pages 73 - 76 Christina Altides
  3. Social constraints: political power and social profile No access Pages 76 - 78 Christina Altides
4. Explaining EU institutional communication efforts No access Pages 78 - 80 Christina Altides
1. Analysing EU institutional communication activities No access Pages 81 - 85 Christina Altides
2. 1. Document analysis No access Pages 85 - 88 Christina Altides
  2. Interviews No access Pages 88 - 90 Christina Altides
3. Analysing EU institutional internal capability structures No access Pages 90 - 91 Christina Altides
4. Critical evaluation No access Pages 91 - 93 Christina Altides
1. The timing of and occasions for institutional press communication No access Pages 94 - 98 Christina Altides
2. 1. Communication of political responsibility? No access Pages 98 - 103 Christina Altides
  2. Communication of diversity of opinions? No access Pages 103 - 107 Christina Altides
  3. Communication of responsiveness? No access Pages 107 - 112 Christina Altides
3. EU institutional communication: between expectations and performance No access Pages 112 - 114 Christina Altides
1. What the documents say: The official line to take No access Pages 115 - 122 Christina Altides
2. 1. On communicating political responsibility No access Pages 122 - 125 Christina Altides
  2. On communicating conflict No access Pages 125 - 129 Christina Altides
  3. On communicating responsiveness No access Pages 129 - 136 Christina Altides
  4. On the absence of any communication intentions No access Pages 136 - 139 Christina Altides
3. Actor patterns of intentional differences No access Pages 139 - 144 Christina Altides
4. Communication intentions: the Services Directive and REACH No access Pages 144 - 149 Christina Altides
1. 1. Planning structures No access Pages 150 - 153 Christina Altides
  2. Monitoring structures No access Pages 153 - 155 Christina Altides
  3. Coordination structures No access Pages 155 - 161 Christina Altides
2. 1. Limits of planning structures and procedures No access Pages 161 - 169 Christina Altides
  2. Limits to monitoring structures and procedures No access Pages 169 - 172 Christina Altides
  3. Limits of coordination structures and procedures No access Pages 172 - 178 Christina Altides
3. Organisational constraints: the Services Directive and REACH No access Pages 178 - 182 Christina Altides
1. 1. The European Parliament No access Pages 183 - 185 Christina Altides
  2. The European Commission No access Pages 185 - 188 Christina Altides
2. 1. The European Parliament No access Pages 188 - 193 Christina Altides
  2. The European Commission No access Pages 193 - 197 Christina Altides
3. Social restrictions – the Services Directive and REACH No access Pages 197 - 200 Christina Altides
1. The characteristics of EU institutional press communication No access Pages 201 - 203 Christina Altides
2. The institutional communication development process No access Pages 203 - 206 Christina Altides
3. Relating the development process to the institutional press release features No access Pages 206 - 207 Christina Altides
4. Beyond the empirics: Theorising on EU institutional communication No access Pages 207 - 210 Christina Altides
5. Conclusion No access Pages 210 - 212 Christina Altides
References No access Pages 213 - 227 Christina Altides