Political Communication in Europe: The Cultural and Structural Limits of the European Public Sphere

Seoane Pérez discusses the issue of the EU’s perceived communication deficit, arguing that this is not the result of a lack of commitment from EU leaders and journalists, but rather of cultural and structural limitations. Based on an analysis of the situation in two regions, Galicia in Spain and Yor...

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Main Author: Patrick Bijsmans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UACES 2014-02-01
Series:Journal of Contemporary European Research
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Online Access:https://jcer.net/index.php/jcer/article/view/617
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spelling doaj-9b0cfd43fb6342e9888ab724be21303e2020-11-25T04:07:53ZengUACESJournal of Contemporary European Research1815-347X2014-02-01101Political Communication in Europe: The Cultural and Structural Limits of the European Public SpherePatrick Bijsmans0Maastricht University, Department of Political ScienceSeoane Pérez discusses the issue of the EU’s perceived communication deficit, arguing that this is not the result of a lack of commitment from EU leaders and journalists, but rather of cultural and structural limitations. Based on an analysis of the situation in two regions, Galicia in Spain and Yorkshire in the UK, he claims that there are two important challenges that limit the EU’s democratic potential: a lack of ‘domesticisation’ and a lack of ‘politicisation’.https://jcer.net/index.php/jcer/article/view/617EU democracypublic spherepolitical communication
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Political Communication in Europe: The Cultural and Structural Limits of the European Public Sphere
Journal of Contemporary European Research
EU democracy
public sphere
political communication
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title Political Communication in Europe: The Cultural and Structural Limits of the European Public Sphere
title_short Political Communication in Europe: The Cultural and Structural Limits of the European Public Sphere
title_full Political Communication in Europe: The Cultural and Structural Limits of the European Public Sphere
title_fullStr Political Communication in Europe: The Cultural and Structural Limits of the European Public Sphere
title_full_unstemmed Political Communication in Europe: The Cultural and Structural Limits of the European Public Sphere
title_sort political communication in europe: the cultural and structural limits of the european public sphere
publisher UACES
series Journal of Contemporary European Research
issn 1815-347X
publishDate 2014-02-01
description Seoane Pérez discusses the issue of the EU’s perceived communication deficit, arguing that this is not the result of a lack of commitment from EU leaders and journalists, but rather of cultural and structural limitations. Based on an analysis of the situation in two regions, Galicia in Spain and Yorkshire in the UK, he claims that there are two important challenges that limit the EU’s democratic potential: a lack of ‘domesticisation’ and a lack of ‘politicisation’.
topic EU democracy
public sphere
political communication
url https://jcer.net/index.php/jcer/article/view/617
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