Framing TTIP in the European Public Spheres: Towards an Empowering Dissensus for EU Integration 303053636X, 9783030536367

Table of contents :
Acknowledgements
Praise for Framing TTIP in the European Public Spheres
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction to the Analysis of the Pan-European Debate Surrounding the TTIP Negotiations
1 Introduction
2 Research Design, Scope of the Research and Structure of the Book
Bibliography
2 An Agonistic Approach to the Europeanisation of Public Spheres: Matching ‘Policy with Politics’
1 The Europeanisation of Public Spheres and the Democratisation of the EU
1.1 The European Public Sphere: A Democratic Aspiration for the EU From a Deliberative and Agonistic Perspective
1.2 The Europeanisation of Public Spheres Through the National Media: The EU as an Audience Democracy
1.3 The EU’s Democratic (and Opposition) Deficit: The Depoliticised Europeanisation of Public Spheres and the ‘Permissive Consensus’
1.4 ‘Policy Without Politics’ in the EU and the Agency in Politicisation: Transnational Advocacy Networks (TANs)
2 Different Types of Politicisation and Their Implications for European Integration
2.1 The Third Face of Power: The Battle of Ideas to Define Political Conflict
2.2 Agonistic vs Antagonistic Politicisation of the EU: Policy Contestation as Politics in the Union, and EU Polity Contestation as Politics of the Union
2.3 The Agonistic Europeanisation of Public Spheres: Towards an ‘Empowering Dissensus’ for European Integration
Bibliography
3 A Media-Centred Approach to Analyse the Politicisation and Europeanisation of TTIP
1 The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership in Context
1.1 The Neoliberal Paradigm’s Hegemony in Europe: The Economic Autonomy Vis-à-Vis the Political Sphere
1.2 TTIP: A Neoliberal Trade Policy Project
2 Framing Analysis of Media Content in the TTIP Debate
2.1 A Framing Perspective
2.2 Methodology and Data Sets: Framing Analysis of Media Content on TTIP
2.3 Content and Process Frames, and Visual Categories
2.3.1 Content Frames: Opportunity Frames
2.3.2 Content Frames: Agonistic Frames
2.3.3 Content Frames: Antagonistic Frames
2.3.4 Process Frames
2.3.5 Visual Categories: Building a Visual Imagery of TTIP
Bibliography
4 Framing TTIP in Spain
1 The (Lack of) EU Politicisation in Spain and Its ‘Permissive Consensus’: Europe as a Path to Modernisation
2 The Evolution of the Agonistic TTIP Debate in the Spanish Public Sphere
2.1 Overview of the TTIP Debate in Spain
2.2 February 2013 to September 2014: The Initial TTIP Debate Framed Through a Neoliberal Discourse
2.3 European and National Protests Introduce TTIP into the Mainstream: Agonistic Politicisation Emerges in Spain
3 The Politicisation of TTIP in Spain: The EU Becomes a Political Arena for Civil Society and Political Actors
Bibliography
5 Framing TTIP in France
1 France and the EU: Agonistic Politicisation Focused on Social Issues
2 The Evolution of the Agonistic TTIP Debate in the French Public Sphere
2.1 Overview of the TTIP Debate in France
2.2 February 2013 to Mid-April 2014: The Progressive Media Introduces TTIP in France, the Mainstream Takes It to the Next Level
2.3 The Agonistic Politicisation in France: TTIP Becomes Mainstream from the 2014 EU Elections Onwards
3 The Politicisation of TTIP in France: Building on the Bolkestein Directive
Bibliography
6 Framing TTIP in the UK
1 Framing Europe in the UK: Antagonistic Politicisation Based on the Defence of National Identity and Sovereignty
2 The Evolution of the Agonistic TTIP Debate in the British Public Sphere
2.1 Overview of the TTIP Debate in the UK
2.2 February 2013 to June 2014: British Elites Debate TTIP
2.3 July 2014 to November 2016: TTIP Becomes a Matter of National UK Politics
3 The Politicisation of TTIP in the UK: Nationalising the Agonistic TTIP Debate in the Context of Brexit
Bibliography
7 Framing TTIP Across the Spanish, French and British Public Spheres: The Bursting of the Brussels Bubble
1 Overview of the TTIP Debate Across the Spanish, French and British Public Spheres
1.1 The Transnational Framing of TTIP Across Spain, France and the UK
1.2 February 2013 to Mid-2014: The Europeanisation of Public Spheres on TTIP Without Politicisation
1.3 Mid-2014 to November 2016: From Agonistic Europeanisation to the Emergence of an Episodic Transnational Public Sphere on TTIP
1.4 Europeanising the Public Spheres and Nationalising the TTIP Debate: Two Intertwined Processes
2 TTIP and the Bursting of the Brussels Bubble Through (Agonistic) Politicisation
Bibliography
8 The Transnational TTIP Debate: Politicisation Empowers Further European Integration
1 Contribution to the Literature, Shortcomings and Avenues for Further Research: Bridging the European Public Sphere Literature with EU Politicisation
2 Policy Effects of the TTIP Debate’s Agonistic Europeanisation: Towards a Great Transformation in EU Trade Policy?
3 An Empowering Dissensus for an Increasingly Federal European Integration
Bibliography
Index