Pye, R. (2018) The EU and the absence of fundamental rights in the Eurozone: a critical perspective. European Journal of International Relations, 24 (3). pp. 567-589. ISSN 1354-0661
Abstract
Despite the development of fundamental rights mechanisms in the EU, including the Charter of Fundamental Rights, the governance of the Eurozone has led to policies that have undermined basic social rights. The purpose of this article is to explain why it is that the EU has been able to act in this manner despite the assurances supposedly enshrined in its own rights guarantees. To do this, recent advancements in critical integration theory that posit European integration as the outcome of competing hegemonic projects are drawn upon. The construction of fundamental rights is conceptualised within the context of the institutional framework of the EU and the current dominant neoliberal project. It is argued that the process of construction of rights has led to a highly restrictive understanding of what the concept of fundamental rights entails in the EU. This has allowed EU institutions to rhetorically commit to rights while simultaneously acting to undermine rights in practice.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 Sage Publications. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in European Journal of International Relations. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | European Union; governance; hegemony; human rights; integration; neoliberalism |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Politics and International Relations (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 10 May 2017 08:56 |
Last Modified: | 28 Jul 2023 13:54 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1354066117703177 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:116169 |