Reimagining Europe and its (dis)integration: (De)legitimising the EU’s project in times of crisis

• Franco Zappettini ^[1] ; Samuel Bennett ^[2]
  1. [1] University of Liverpool

     University of Liverpool

     Reino Unido

     
  2. [2] Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań
• Localización: Journal of language and politics, ISSN 1569-2159, Vol. 21, Nº. 2, 2022, págs. 191-207
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In this article we introduce our special issue of the Journal of Language & Politics on the (de)legitimisation of Europe. We start by outlining the rationale and research that led us to the special issue. In Section 2 we set out the contextual framing of the contributions, i.e., the crisis of legitimacy that European institutions and indeed the entire European project, have faced for the last decade and a half; crises that have been brought about by different events and actors and have resulted in centrifugal and centripetal processes. Next, we outline our theoretical approach to legitimation, which combines politico-sociological perspectives with discursive and communicative ones. This is followed by Section 4, which introduces and weaves together the contributions to the special issue. Finally, in Section 5 we briefly discuss the findings with regard to the aims and goals of the issue and also suggest potential next research steps