Opposition in the EU multi-level polity : legal mobilization against the data retention directive / Stefan Thierse, Sanja Badanjak.
2020
JN30 .T45 2020
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Opposition in the EU multi-level polity : legal mobilization against the data retention directive / Stefan Thierse, Sanja Badanjak.
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9783030471620 (electronic bk.)
3030471624 (electronic bk.)
3030471616
9783030471613
3030471624 (electronic bk.)
3030471616
9783030471613
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Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
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English
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1 online resource (159 pages)
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10.1007/978-3-030-47162-0 doi
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JN30 .T45 2020
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320.94
Summary
This book challenges the conventional wisdom that the European Union (EU) is an example of governance without opposition. Building on a concept of opposition that honors both the institutional features of the EU polity and the fundamental functions of political opposition, it argues that legal mobilization and litigation before constitutional courts provides actors and organizations from civil society with an opportunity to challenge and overturn policy decisions that originate at the EU level. Further, it presents case studies of constitutional challenges to the implementation of the EU Data Retention Directive in four Member States (Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany and Ireland) to illustrate the motivations for, as well as the preconditions and pitfalls of, mobilizing constitutional law. By connecting the literature on social movements, law and politics and comparative government, this book will appeal to readers interested in political science, sociology and legal studies. Stefan Thierse is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Bremen, Germany. He received his doctoral degree from the University of Bonn, Germany, in 2015. His work has been published in internationally acclaimed journals such as the Journal of European Public Policy, JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies and European Union Politics. Sanja Badanjak is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, UK. She received her Ph. D. in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA, in 2016. Her dissertation, 'Coping with Europe: The Impact of the European Union on Party Systems in European Democracies' was awarded the European Union Studies Association's Best Dissertation in EU Studies award.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. The never-ending story of data retention in the EU
Chapter 3. Conceptualizing opposition in the EU multi-level polity
Chapter 4. Constitutional review as political and legal opportunity structure
Chapter 5. Legal mobilization as an oppositional strategy: From individual activation to collective action
Chapter 6. Legal mobilization against the Data Retention Directive
Opportunity structures, actors and strategies
Chapter 7. Opposition in the multi-level polity: Prospects and implications.
Chapter 2. The never-ending story of data retention in the EU
Chapter 3. Conceptualizing opposition in the EU multi-level polity
Chapter 4. Constitutional review as political and legal opportunity structure
Chapter 5. Legal mobilization as an oppositional strategy: From individual activation to collective action
Chapter 6. Legal mobilization against the Data Retention Directive
Opportunity structures, actors and strategies
Chapter 7. Opposition in the multi-level polity: Prospects and implications.