Bulletin n. 1/2009 | ||
July 2009 | ||
Meyer-Sahling Jan-Hinrik, Goetz Klaus H. |
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The EU timescape: from notion to research agenda | ||
in Journal of European Public Policy , Volume 16 Issue 2 2009 , 2009 , 325 – 336 | ||
This article outlines how the notion of an EU timescape may be developed into a fruitful research agenda. It sets out central tasks involved, including clarification of the concept of an EU timescape; of the key empirical questions to be asked; and of the status of political time in variable-oriented research. The article illustrates the potential value-added of a time-centred approach to the study of the EU by highlighting temporal issues in EU enlargement, differentiated integration and democratization. It concludes with thoughts on the comparison of democratic timescapes. | ||