Boncilă, Anca Mădălina
European Union's integration after the rejection of the Constitutional Treaty. A Neo-Gramscian analysis (I)
Through this paper, we have tried to question the reality of EU's integration and to identify the factors that shaped it. The complexity of this process led to multiple perspectives of analyzing it. We believe that NeoGramscian theory of European integration, although not so well known, can be considered the most appropriate methodological support in explaining the events that have redefined the European integration: the rejection of the Constitutional Treaty, the financial crisis and the emergence of the Lisbon Treaty. We started from the assumption that the EU has obvious neo-liberal connotations, which led to the emergence of functional obstacles difficult to overcome, especially when it comes to the social dimension of the EU. Therefore, we divided the work into two basic parts, the first explains the methodology used, the main concepts, what neo-liberalism is and which are the EU' s neo-liberal expressions and in the second part we focused on the social dimension of the EU, talking about the lack of substance that we found in the rhetoric of Fundamental Rights. Using the trade unions, we have exemplified the inability of the EU to cope with social challenges, especially since there are forms of scepticism focused strictly on social discontent. The conclusions confirm that the Neo-Gramscian theory is the most suitable methodological support in an attempt to capture the nuances of EU's neo-liberal expressions.
| Language | eng |
| Names |
[author] Boncilă, Anca Mădălina |
| Subjects |
Immigrazione
Egemonia Neogramscismo Neoliberalismo
Immigration
Hegemony Neo Gramscism Neo liberalism |
