{"id":270,"date":"2015-01-04T09:27:56","date_gmt":"2015-01-04T09:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bruegge.net\/?p=270"},"modified":"2020-02-07T11:17:32","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T11:17:32","slug":"cultures-of-political-discourse-in-europe-explaining-multiple-segmentation-in-the-european-public-sphere-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bruegge.net\/?p=270","title":{"rendered":"Cultures of Political Discourse in Europe: Explaining Multiple Segmentation in the European Public Sphere (2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The possible development of a European public sphere is a special challenge for research on transformations of the state in Europe. Undoubtedly, the supranational regime of the European Union (EU) is a major expression of the transformations of the state and the transnationalization of politics in Europe. Current political theory argues that supranational institutions are faced with various legitimation problems (Habermas 2009a; Scharpf 2009). In addition to elections, a functioning \u2018public sphere\u2019 is often seen as a prerequisite of political legitimacy. The EU must, then, be underpinned by a \u2018European public sphere\u2019 to be legitimate. However, any attempt to capture this phenomenon solely with concepts gleaned from analyses of national public spheres is bound to fail: There is no Europe-wide system of political media and no shared language, but rather a plethora of divergent media regulations and languages, and there are only a couple of transnational European media (Gerhards 2001; Hallin and Mancini 2004; Hardy 2008; Br\u00fcggemann et al. 2009). Measured against the benchmark of national public spheres, the European public sphere is therefore automatically found wanting, or even deemed inexistent (Baisn\u00e9e 2007). We develop a more balanced view. Our starting point is a European public sphere that differs from national public spheres precisely because it contains various languages, media systems and media organizations. With other researchers (Eilders and Voltmer 2003; Kantner 2004; Trenz 2004; AIM Research Consortium 2006; de Vreese 2007; Preston and Metykova 2009; Koopmans and Statham 2010), we share the fundamental position that the European public sphere needs to be analysed as a process of transnationalizing national public spheres and cannot be described and understood as an independent unit. However, transnationalization is not a linear and directed process, but in various ways a contradictory one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bruegge.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/state-transformations.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-271\" width=\"209\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bruegge.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/state-transformations.jpg 306w, https:\/\/bruegge.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/state-transformations-192x300.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 85vw, 209px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hepp, Andreas; Kleinen-v. K\u00f6nigsl\u00f6w, Katharina; Lingenberg, Swantje; M\u00f6ller, Johanna; Br\u00fcggemann, Michael; Offerhaus, Anke (2015): Cultures of Political Discourse in Europe. Explaining Multiple Segmentation in the European Public Sphere. In Heinz Rothgang, Steffen Schneider (Eds.): State Transformations in OECD Countries. Dimensions, Driving Forces and Trajectories. Basingstoke \/ New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp.&nbsp;145\u2013166. Available online at <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1057\/9781137012425_8\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1057\/9781137012425_8<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bruegge.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Heppetal_explaining_multiple_segmentation_2015.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abstract The possible development of a European public sphere is a special challenge for research on transformations of the state in Europe. Undoubtedly, the supranational regime of the European Union (EU) is a major expression of the transformations of the state and the transnationalization of politics in Europe. 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