Abstract
This article identifies influential political narratives in the 73 currently most highly cited political science articles on the EU. It is based on systematic analysis of expressions of normativity, which signal that European integration, or its institutions or policies, are bad, good, flourishing or declining. A normative narrative of continuous progress in integration, connected with a 1990s grand theoretical debate in EU studies, accounts for much of the positive tone of EU studies until about 1998. Narratives about the EU’s democratic deficit and its impact beyond its borders help explain the subsequent negative turn in EU studies normativity
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 231-249 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | National Identities |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 26 May 2017 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Early online - 26 May 2017 |
Keywords
- European intergration
- democratic deficit
- European Union
- EU studies
- narratives
- progressive narrative
Access to Document
- Progress, democracy, efficiency
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in National Identities on 26.05.2017, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14608944.2016.1156078.