Is there a European Common Good?

Prof. Dr. Sonja Puntscher Riekmann; Prof. Alexander Somek; Dr. Doris Wydra

doi:10.5771/9783845242873

Summary

The common good and how it can be pursued is a contested question. It touches upon the core principles of a society and challenges political processes, institutional logics and constitutional settings. The nature and finality of the European transformation cannot be understood without taking these questions into account. Despite all successes in integration, it is an open question whether this Union is in fact more than the sum total of fragmentary compromises between and among the Member States. Is there a European Common Good? The publication reflects the struggle of defining the common good within the European Union from different disciplinary perspectives. The contributions explore the potential for a systematic approach to a European understanding of a common good. One can hardly deny that the strictures of Economic and Monetary Union and their impact on security-, health-, social- and environmental politics require the Europeanization of our understanding of a common good. Hence, a discussion of the common good within the European context is strongly suggested by current controversies over collective responsibilities and values.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2013
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8329-7976-8
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-4287-3
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Salzburg European Union Studies
Volume: 1
Language: English
Pages: 276
Product type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 9
Introduction: What is the Purpose of the Union? No access Pages 10 - 23 Sonja Puntscher Riekmann, Alexander Somek, Doris Wydra
1. Gerhard Seel
  1. Introduction No access Gerhard Seel
  2. What entities are goods? No access Gerhard Seel
  3. Two criteria of common goods and evils No access Gerhard Seel
  4. Gerhard Seel
    1. Goods as substances No access Gerhard Seel
    2. Persons as personal and common goods No access Gerhard Seel
    3. Goods as abstract entities No access Gerhard Seel
    4. Goods as events No access Gerhard Seel
    5. Goods as entitlements No access Gerhard Seel
  5. Externalities No access Gerhard Seel
  6. European juridical institutions as the European common good No access Gerhard Seel
2. Patrick Riordan
  1. Introduction No access Patrick Riordan
  2. Public goods and common goods No access Patrick Riordan
  3. Taylor on irreducibly social goods No access Patrick Riordan
  4. Types of common goods No access Patrick Riordan
  5. Shared meaning as a common good No access Patrick Riordan
  6. Patrick Riordan
    1. Challenging and preserving the common good No access Patrick Riordan
    2. Intrinsically social goods: social imaginaries No access Patrick Riordan
    3. The social imaginary in times of crisis No access Patrick Riordan
  7. Conclusion No access Patrick Riordan
3. Peter Koller
  1. The Relationship between the Common Good and Justice No access Peter Koller
  2. The Concept of Economic Distributive Justice No access Peter Koller
  3. Economic Distributive Justice in National Societies No access Peter Koller
  4. Economic Distributive Justice in the Global Order No access Peter Koller
  5. Economic Distributive Justice in the European Union No access Peter Koller
1. Alexander Somek
  1. Significance No access Alexander Somek
  2. Constitutionalism and constitutionalization No access Alexander Somek
  3. Inferential constitution making No access Alexander Somek
  4. Fundamental Law No access Alexander Somek
  5. Distant goals: Innovation No access Alexander Somek
  6. Constitutionalism’s core asymmetry No access Alexander Somek
  7. The European Union: From sustaining asymmetry to structural transformation No access Alexander Somek
  8. Administered individualism No access Alexander Somek
  9. Substance matters No access Alexander Somek
  10. The loss of national political self-determination No access Alexander Somek
  11. Unpalatable alternatives: Deliberative democracy No access Alexander Somek
  12. Unpalatable alternatives: sectoral transnational constitutionalizations No access Alexander Somek
  13. Unpalatable alternatives: collective individualism No access Alexander Somek
  14. Conclusion No access Alexander Somek
2. Agustin José Menéndez
  1. Introduction No access Agustin José Menéndez
  2. Agustin José Menéndez
    1. Structural and substantive review of European constitutionality and the division of competences No access Agustin José Menéndez
    2. Executive Constitutionalism: Laeken and Lisbon No access Agustin José Menéndez
    3. The Fiscal Crisis of European Integration No access Agustin José Menéndez
  3. Conclusion: the crisis of democratic constitutionalism itself No access Agustin José Menéndez
3. Thomas Eilmansberger, Rainer Palmstorfer
  1. Thomas Eilmansberger, Rainer Palmstorfer
    1. The Treaty of Rome: common values taken for granted No access Thomas Eilmansberger, Rainer Palmstorfer
    2. From Amsterdam to Lisbon: the reference to values in the treaties No access Thomas Eilmansberger, Rainer Palmstorfer
    3. Enforcing EU values: general remarks No access Thomas Eilmansberger, Rainer Palmstorfer
  2. The external dimension: imposing the respect of Union values on accession applicants No access Thomas Eilmansberger, Rainer Palmstorfer
  3. Thomas Eilmansberger, Rainer Palmstorfer
    1. Member states as infringers – value enforcement against member states No access Thomas Eilmansberger, Rainer Palmstorfer
    2. The EU as infringer: defence and enforcement of Union values against the EU No access Thomas Eilmansberger, Rainer Palmstorfer
  4. Conclusion No access Thomas Eilmansberger, Rainer Palmstorfer
4. Johannes Pollak
  1. Introduction No access Johannes Pollak
  2. Can the common good be negotiated? No access Johannes Pollak
  3. Who can negotiate it and how is it negotiated? No access Johannes Pollak
  4. How is it done in the European Union? No access Johannes Pollak
  5. Conclusion No access Johannes Pollak
5. Dragana Damjanovic
  1. Introduction No access Dragana Damjanovic
  2. Dragana Damjanovic
    1. Treaty of Rome 1957: A ‘mixed economy’ at different levels No access Dragana Damjanovic
    2. Focus on economic integration and debate on ‘market-making’ No access Dragana Damjanovic
    3. The treaty of Maastricht (1992): The high-water mark of the EU pro-social integrationist tide No access Dragana Damjanovic
    4. Post Maastricht: Liberalisation of the outer-ring of the welfare state No access Dragana Damjanovic
    5. Amsterdam and Nice Treaties: A more cautious approach to EU social integration No access Dragana Damjanovic
    6. Post Amsterdam and Nice: An increase of cases before the ECJ within the redistributive social policy fields No access Dragana Damjanovic
    7. Debate on a stronger Social Europe No access Dragana Damjanovic
    8. ‘Social Europe’ under the Lisbon Treaty No access Dragana Damjanovic
  3. Dragana Damjanovic
    1. The structure of the EU Social Constitution No access Dragana Damjanovic
    2. The roles of the various EU actors within the developmental process No access Dragana Damjanovic
    3. Potential future developments: ‘A limited version of the Europe’s social self’ No access Dragana Damjanovic
1. Klaus Gretschmann
  1. Introduction No access Klaus Gretschmann
  2. In Search of the Common Good No access Klaus Gretschmann
  3. Europe’s Multiple Rationale: Common Interests and Divergent Beliefs No access Klaus Gretschmann
  4. Common Good and Policy Coordination No access Klaus Gretschmann
  5. Common Good and Partial Interests: Europe fighting the crises of 2007-08 and 2010-11 No access Klaus Gretschmann
  6. On the Way to a Fiscal Union? No access Klaus Gretschmann
  7. By Way of Conclusion No access Klaus Gretschmann
2. Volkmar Lauber
  1. Introduction No access Volkmar Lauber
  2. The analogy with the banking sector No access Volkmar Lauber
  3. The US Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 No access Volkmar Lauber
  4. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emission trading: From the United States to Kyoto No access Volkmar Lauber
  5. The secret charm of the ‘market’ approach: Billions of windfall profits from ETS for the incumbents of the power sector No access Volkmar Lauber
  6. ETS favours more new coal-fired power plants – with or without CCS No access Volkmar Lauber
  7. EU ETS as a playground for creative carbon finance No access Volkmar Lauber
  8. Support schemes for renewable power No access Volkmar Lauber
  9. Conclusion No access Volkmar Lauber
3. Sonja Puntscher Riekmann
  1. Introduction No access Sonja Puntscher Riekmann
  2. The Welfare State as Instrument of National Unity No access Sonja Puntscher Riekmann
  3. Common Market Policy as Instrument of European Integration No access Sonja Puntscher Riekmann
  4. From Economic and Monetary Union to Social Union? No access Sonja Puntscher Riekmann
  5. Envisioning a European Area of Social Security, Justice and Solidarity in Times of Crisis? No access Sonja Puntscher Riekmann