Critical Theories of Crisis in Europe

From Weimar to the Euro
Herausgeber: Kjaer, Poul F.; Olsen, Niklas

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides truly interdisciplinary analysis, bridging the gap between humanities, legal and social science approaches to the ongoing crisis in Europe.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 596g
• ISBN-13: 9781783487455
• ISBN-10: 1783487453
• Artikelnr.: 44678569

Autorenporträt

Poul F. Kjaer is Professor of Business and Politics at Copenhagen Business School. Niklas Olsen is Associate Professor of History at the SAXO-Institute, University of Copenhagen.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements / List of Abbreviations / Introduction: European Crises of
Public Power: From Weimar until Today, Poul F. Kjaer & Niklas Olsen / PART
I: Semantics, Notions and Narratives of Societal Crisis / 1. What Time
Frame Makes Sense for Thinking about Crises?, David Runciman / 2. The
Stakes of Crises, Janet Roitman / PART II: Weimar and the Interwar Period:
Ideologies of Anti-Modernism and Liberalism / 3.The Crisis of Modernity -
Modernity as Crisis: Towards a Typology of Crisis Discourses in Interwar
East Central Europe and Beyond, Balázs Trencsényi / 4. European Legitimacy
Crises - Weimar and Today: Rational and Theocratic Authority in the
Schmitt-Strauss Exchange, John P. McCormick / 5.Crisis and the Consumer:
Re-constructions of Liberalism in Twentieth Century Political Thought,
Niklas Olsen / PART III: The Causes of Crises: From Corporatism to
Governance / 6. The Constitutionalisation of Labour Law and the Crisis of
National Democracy, Chris Thornhill / 7. Conflict and the Crisis in Labour
Law: From Weimar to Austerity, Ruth Dukes / 8. From the Crisis of
Corporatism to the Crisis of Governance, Poul F. Kjaer / PART IV: The Euro
and the Crisis of Law and Democracy / 9. What is Left of the European
Economic Constitution II? From Pyrrhic Victory to Cannae Defeat, Christian
Joerges / 10. Reflections on Europe's "Rule of Law Crises", Jan-Werner
Müller / 11. Democracy under Seige: The Decay of Constitutionalisation and
the Crisis of Public Law and Public Opinion, Hauke Brunkhorst / PART V: The
Consequences of Crises and the Future of Europe / 12. Crises and
Extra-Legality: From Above and from Below, William E. Scheuerman / 13. "We
could Go down the Road of Lebanon": Crisis Thinking on the Anti-Muslim Far
Right, Mikkel Thorup / 14. Conclusion and Perspectives: The Re-constitution
of Europe, Poul F. Kjaer & Niklas Olsen / Index / Notes on Contributors