4. Sense-making, claims-making and position-taking on Europe
Section outline
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Reading (references for slides)
Schünemann, W. (2018) SKAD analysis of European multi-level political debates. In: Keller, R., Hornidge, A.-K. & Schünumann, W. (eds.) The Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse. Investigating the Politics of Knowledge and Meaning-making. London & New York: Routledge: 91-111.
Blokker, P. (2012) A Political Sociology of European Anti-Politics and Dissent, Cambio. Rivista sulla Trasformazioni Sociali 2(4): 17-31.
Díez Medrano, J. (2009) The public sphere and the European Union's political identity. In: Checkel, J. & Katzenstein, P. (eds.) European Identity. Cambridge University Press: 81-110. Available at: https://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/35213070/_Jeffrey_T._Checkel__Peter_J._Katzenstein__EuropeaBookFi.org.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A&Expires=1552254840&Signature=B63JTgqzclD%2FcU9rfX9lb5RQJ9Y%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DEuropean_Identity.pdf#page=97
Díez Medrano, J., Ciornei, I. & Apaydin, F. (2019) Explaining supranational solidarity. In: Recchi, E. et al, Everyday Europe. Bristol: Policy Press: 137-70.
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Students mustMark as done
On 4th March 2019, French President Emmanuel Macron published an open letter to the citizens of Europe, in the run-up to the elections to the European Parliament (English version, Czech version).
1.Identify the political claims in his letter. List his matters of concern as well as the matters of authority he invokes to justify them.2.Conduct a search for reactions to his letter in the public sphere (you can search Czech or English-speaking mass media and/or social media). Identify the counter-claims in this ‘dialogical network’ using the same approach.This seminar will take place in class on Monday 30 March.
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