Detailed Information on Publication Record
2012
Eurosceptics – enemies or a necessary part of European integration?
KANIOK, PetrBasic information
Original name
Eurosceptics – enemies or a necessary part of European integration?
Authors
KANIOK, Petr (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)
Edition
Romanian Journal of Political Science, Bucharest, Romanian Academic Society, 2012, 1582-456X
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Field of Study
50601 Political science
Country of publisher
Romania
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Impact factor
Impact factor: 0.286
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14230/12:00063315
Organization unit
Faculty of Social Studies
UT WoS
000314310300002
Keywords in English
Soft and Hard Euroscepticism - Pro-European - Evaluation - EU polity
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 4/3/2013 12:33, prof. PhDr. Petr Kaniok, Ph.D.
Abstract
V originále
Being a part of academic discussion for more than 10 years, Euroscepticism (especially in connection with party politics) have not been so far adequate defined. Widely accepted definition by Taggart and Szczerbiak who has divided Euroscepticism between its “hard” and “soft” version suffers from several weaknesses as the whole conceptualization lacks counterpart of Euroscepticism (pro European attitude) as well as definition of of the EU statehood (EU polity). Thus, almost every critique against current form of European integration is labelled as a Euroscepticism. This approach, widely present both in the political and scholar discourses, is built upon implicitly present conceptualization of the European Union as a static and finality reached actor. The paper challenges this conceptualization of Euroscepticism and through detailed analysis of current “state of art” offers a different perspective where conceptualization of Euroscepticism is a consequence of previously stated standards concerning pro-European stance and EU polity.