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Christina Altides - Making EU Politics Public

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Christina Altides

Making EU Politics Public

Series: Regieren in Europa | Governance in Europe

Volume 16 2009

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Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 2-11

Figures and tables S. 12

Abbreviations S. 13-14

Introduction S. 15-18

Enhancing EU legitimacy through public communication? S. 19-23

Why should the EP and the Commission communicate? S. 23-26

The changing role of institutional communication throughout the integration process S. 26-30

What should EU institutions communicate? S. 30-35

How EU institutions do not communicate what they are expected to S. 35-38

Researching the EU institutional communication deficit S. 38-39

External boundaries to EU institutional communication S. 39-45

Formal institutional obstacles S. 45-47

Shifting from structural to actor-centred explanations S. 47-52

Explaining the EU institutions’ communication deficit S. 52-53

Corporate institutional actors – beyond unitary conceptions S. 54-57

The many communicators in the EP and the Commission S. 57-61

Implications for EU institutional communication S. 61-62

Norm-oriented motives for public communication S. 62-65

Interest-based communication aims S. 65-68

Conflicting public communication intentions S. 68-70

Situational and individual constraints S. 70-73

Organisational constraints: procedures and structures S. 73-76

Social constraints: political power and social profile S. 76-78

Explaining EU institutional communication efforts S. 78-80

Analysing EU institutional communication activities S. 81-85

Document analysis S. 85-88

Interviews S. 88-90

Analysing EU institutional internal capability structures S. 90-91

Critical evaluation S. 91-93

The timing of and occasions for institutional press communication S. 94-98

Communication of political responsibility? S. 98-103

Communication of diversity of opinions? S. 103-107

Communication of responsiveness? S. 107-112

EU institutional communication: between expectations and performance S. 112-114

What the documents say: The official line to take S. 115-122

On communicating political responsibility S. 122-125

On communicating conflict S. 125-129

On communicating responsiveness S. 129-136

On the absence of any communication intentions S. 136-139

Actor patterns of intentional differences S. 139-144

Communication intentions: the Services Directive and REACH S. 144-149

Planning structures S. 150-153

Monitoring structures S. 153-155

Coordination structures S. 155-161

Limits of planning structures and procedures S. 161-169

Limits to monitoring structures and procedures S. 169-172

Limits of coordination structures and procedures S. 172-178

Organisational constraints: the Services Directive and REACH S. 178-182

The European Parliament S. 183-185

The European Commission S. 185-188

The European Parliament S. 188-193

The European Commission S. 193-197

Social restrictions – the Services Directive and REACH S. 197-200

The characteristics of EU institutional press communication S. 201-203

The institutional communication development process S. 203-206

Relating the development process to the institutional press release features S. 206-207

Beyond the empirics: Theorising on EU institutional communication S. 207-210

Conclusion S. 210-212

References S. 213-227

doi.org/10.5771/9783845220123

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