The European Union polity: a union of regulative, normative and cognitive pillars
- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of European Public Policy
- Vol. 8 (5) , 709-727
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13501760110083473
Abstract
This article regards the EU as a social construction which can be understood as an institutional field characterized by three pillars. The three pillars are not the usual ones associated with the constitutional framework: the community pillar, the common foreign and security policy, and justice and home affairs. The pillars in question are the regulative, normative and cognitive structures that together characterize an institution. The objective of this article is to analyse the three pillars and their interaction. This approach enables us to identify the logic of different processes at work in the Union and the existence of different foundations of legitimacy.Keywords
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