Reforming Europe - The Role of the Centre-Right

Reforming Europe

Acknowledgements

The Editor

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Contributors

Abbreviations

Introduction

The History and Foundations of European Integration: A Contribution to the Debate on the Future of the Union

1 Introduction

2 The Origin of Integration: The Original Imperative and Ethical Ideals

3 The Material Constitution and the European Market (1958–1992)

4 Towards the Democratisation of the EU (1992–2009)

5 Some Conclusions

References

The Centre-Right for a New Europe

1 The Eurosceptic Challenge

2 Europe and the World

3 The Centre-Right’s European Message

4 Modified Institutions

5 New Expectations

6 The Centre-Right’s Irreplaceable Role

References

Knowledge: The Foundation for a Stronger Europe

1 A Modernisation Agenda for Universities

1.1 Modernising Higher Education: Key Drivers of Change

1.2 Curricular Reform: New Skills for New Jobs

1.3 Governance Reform – Accountability and Performance Measurement

1.4 Funding Reform – A Mix of Public and Private Sources

2 Weathering the Storm – Emerging Stronger from the Current Economic Crisis

3 A Europe of Knowledge

3.1 Some Key Challenges for Europe and the Role of Learning

3.2 Knowledge Leads to Better Living Conditions

4 The Innovation Policy

References

The EPP’s Role during the European Electoral Campaigns in 2004 and 2009

1 The 2004 Campaign

1.1 Short-Term Issues

1.2 Long-Term Issues

2 The 2009 Campaign

2.1 The Manifesto

2.2 The Follow-Up to Decisions Made by the EU in 2008

2.3 The EPP’s Response to the Economic Crisis

2.4 Long-Term Issues

3 Concluding Remarks

References

Society, Values, Politics: Reflections on the Basic Dilemmas of European Society and the Demand for Moral Choices

1 Introduction

1.1 The Revolution of the Twenty-First Century

1.2 Responsibility and Confrontation

1.3 The Practical Meaning of Values and Inspiration for Societal and Political Choices in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries

2 Could the Triangle Work Again? The Agenda for the Twenty-First Century

2.1 The New Socio-Cultural Challenge

2.2 The New Socio-Economic Challenge

2.3 The New Security Challenge

3 The Rediscovery of Societal Institutions

3.1 Marriage and Family

3.2 The Public Dimension of Religion and the Separation of Church and State

3.3 Voluntary Work and Engagement

3.4 Political Parties

4 The Limitations of Pragmatism

References

Conservative Challenges

1 Change without Legitimacy

2 A New Lower Class

3 A New Conservatism

3.1 A Conservatism Which Is a Strong Proponent of Community

3.2 A Conservatism Which Sets Limits on the Market

3.3 A Conservatism Which Unites Change and Legitimacy

3.4 A Conservatism Which Is More for Those Who Need It Most

3.5 A Conservatism Which Believes in a Better Tomorrow

Looking for the Causes and Consequences of the Global Financial and Banking Crisis: Neo-Liberalism in the Dock

1 Introduction

2 The Indictment

2.1 Neo-Liberalism and Greed

2.2 Neo-Liberalism and Communal Life

2.3 Neo-Liberalism and Deregulation

2.4 Neo-Liberalism and Economic Science

2.5 Neo-Liberalism and Lawlessness

3 The Crisis According to Neo-Liberalism

3.1 Public Government as Manipulator of the Economy

3.2 The Centralisation of Political Power

4 Conclusion

References

Pragmatism, Not the Market: On the Politico-Economic Division of Labour

1 Introduction

2 Entitlements and Economic Actors

3 Agency and Responsibility

4 Norms and Policy Dilemmas in a Globalised Debate

5 Republican Responsibility in a Liberal Milieu

6 The Euro-Atlantic Republican Framework

7 Conclusions: Towards a ‘New Pragmatism’?

References

The EU Needs a Social Market Economy, Now More Than Ever

1 The Social Market Economy as the EU Model

2 What People Want

3 Defending the EU Model

4 Fine Objectives, Weak Instruments

5 Concluding Remarks

References

The 'Strong State' Paradigm: Good Government and the State in Central and Eastern Europe – Why Do We Need a Stronger State?

1 Introduction

2 What Is the Situation?

3 What Is the Problem?

4 What Does the Reinforcement of the State Mean? A Choice between the Paradigms

5 The Need for Changes to the Existing Political Conditions

6 The Programme: The Retaking of the Government and a Change in the Economic Paradigm

7 Conclusions

References

The European Centre-Right and European Integration: The Formative Years

1 Introduction

2 Shaping Post-War European Politics: The Centre-Right Agenda

3 Two Inseparable Projects: The Welfare State and European Integration

4 The Integration Projects

5 Conclusions

References

The Emergence of a New European Centre-Right, 1945–1962

1 Introduction

2 A Dead End? Western Europe, 1945–1947

3 The New Political Agenda, 1946–1962

4 The Marshall Plan as a Catalyst

5 Conclusions

References

The Origins and Foundation of the New Democracy Party

1 Introduction

2 The Leader and the Party

3 Ideology and Organisation

4 Democratisation and Institutional Modernisation

5 Radicalism: State Interventionism and Social Democracy

6 Conclusion

References

Sense and Sensibility: EU Eastern Enlargement and the Future of Europe’s Centre-Right

1 Structures

2 Roots

3 Contributions

4 Values

5 Economics

6 Eastern Policy

7 Atlanticism

8 Crisis

9 Mapping the Future: The Meaning of ’89

References

‘Left’ and ‘Right’ in Slovenian Political Life and Publc Discourse

1 Introduction

2 Political Cleavages in Post-Communist Countries

3 Slovenian Political Parties between Right and Left: A Brief Historical Overview

4 Social Cleavages and Political Conflicts in Post-Communist Slovenia

5 The Concepts ‘Right’ and ‘Left’ in the Slovenian Printed Media: The Cases of Delo and Dnevnik

5.1 Delo

5.2 Dnevnik

6 Conclusion

References

Index