De Angelis, E. and Karamouzi, E. (2016) Enlargement and the Historical Origins of the European Community's Democratic Identity, 1961–1978. Contemporary European History, 25 (3). pp. 439-458. ISSN 0960-7773
Abstract
This article examines how and when democracy entered the discursive politics of the European Community to become one of the fundamental tenets of European political identity – and in the process influenced how decision-makers approached the question of enlargement. Building on multiple archival sources, the article traces how all three Community institutions (Commission, Council and European Parliament) legitimised the expansion and continuation of the process of European integration through the discursive construction of democracy. It focuses on the debates elicited by the attempts of southern European countries to accede to the EEC in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Cambridge University Press. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Contemporary European History. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > Department of History (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 02 Nov 2015 14:11 |
Last Modified: | 02 Jul 2017 13:36 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0960777316000199 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/S0960777316000199 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:91076 |