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Constitution‐making and Citizenship Practice – Bridging the Democracy Gap in the EU?

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  • Antje Wiener
  • Vincent Della Sala

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The article identifies the democracy gap as the tension in the European Union (EU) between demands for participatory constitutionalism and the limited capacity of constitutional engineering to meet them. It works with the concept of citizenship practice as the process that establishes the institutionalized terms of citizenship within a polity. The article argues that conventional views of constitutionalism have not accounted for a process that will bridge this gap; and uses the case of citizenship and constitutionalism to illustrate the paradox that, while there is a widespread consensus in favour of liberal democratic constitutional objectives and principles, constitutional agreements have faced significant opposition.

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  • Antje Wiener & Vincent Della Sala, 1997. "Constitution‐making and Citizenship Practice – Bridging the Democracy Gap in the EU?," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 35(4), pages 595-614, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jcmkts:v:35:y:1997:i:4:p:595-614
    DOI: 10.1111/1468-5965.00090
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    1. Claudia Aradau & Jef Huysmans & Vicki Squire, 2010. "Acts of European Citizenship: A Political Sociology of Mobility," Journal of Common Market Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 48, pages 945-965, September.
    2. Jim Davies, 2009. "Entrenchment of New Governance in Consumer Policy Formulation: A Platform for European Consumer Citizenship Practice?," Journal of Consumer Policy, Springer, vol. 32(3), pages 245-267, September.

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