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Reading subsidiarity: a critical analysis of interpretations of subsidiarity in the discourse on European Union
thesis
posted on 2017-12-15, 14:29 authored by Paul S. GreenThe concept of subsidiarity has been extensively interpreted in the context of European Union affairs.
A significant question which interpretations address in this context is: What is the meaning of the
concept? With respect to this question, interpretations have considered the definition, the instrumental
role in European Union politics and the historical origins of the term. Interpretations have been
consistent in the answers that they have provided to these three aspects of the meaning of subsidiarity,
to the extent that a dominant image of the meaning of subsidiarity in European Union affairs has
developed. This dominant image states that subsidiarity is a contested concept which represents,
through its different definitions, the incompatible interests inherent in the federal debate between
Member States, and which originates from both the social philosophy of the Catholic Church and the
political ideology of federalism. [Continues.]
Funding
Loughborough University, Department of European Studies.
History
School
- Social Sciences
Department
- Politics and International Studies
Publisher
© P.S. GreenPublisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 2.5 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.5) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/Publication date
1998Notes
A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy at Loughborough University.Language
- en