Saturday, April 16, 2016: 4:00 PM-5:45 PM
Concerto A (DoubleTree by Hilton Philadelphia Center City)
It is widely understood that culturally diverse societies are held together by various forms and modes of accommodation. Less attention has been given to the manner in which accommodation serves integration, including the fostering of solidarity. Our point of departure is that the European Union draws on a wide repertoire of modes and mechanisms for the accommodation of difference, and that this has in the past functioned as an important motor of integration and a facilitator for the generation of new forms of transnational solidarity. The panel invites contributions that review institutional approaches and mechanisms for dealing with diversity and that consider how these approaches and mechanisms are dealing with the various crises and challenges facing the EU, as an intrinsic part of the assessment of the EU’s resilience. Contributions will address various ways of considering integration through accommodation and the conditions that engender (and undermine) solidarity among Europeans (both at member state level and among the people of Europe). The tension between diversity and solidarity may be assessed with reference to empirical examples such as the re-emergence of nationalist agendas, Euroscepticism and new redistributive conflicts that strain the relations between and among EU member states.
Organizers:
John Erik Fossum
and
Hans-Joerg Trenz
Chairs:
John Erik Fossum
and
Hans-Joerg Trenz
Discussant :
Markus Jachtenfuchs
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