Descrizione del progetto
Strumenti di politica sovranazionale dell’Unione per affrontare il dissenso emergente
L’Unione europea sostiene la democrazia e lo Stato di diritto in risposta al dissenso emergente intorno alle democrazie liberali. Contribuendo al rafforzamento delle istituzioni democratiche nell’Unione, il progetto RED-SPINEL, finanziato dall’UE, analizzerà la natura mutevole del dissenso e le sue implicazioni per gli strumenti di politica sovranazionale dell’Unione europea. Il progetto si concentrerà sui principali strumenti politici e meccanismi giuridici dell’UE attraverso innovazioni teoriche e analisi empiriche originali, facendo luce sulla natura del dissenso crescente. Inoltre, studierà in che modo il dissenso contemporaneo influisca sulle pratiche democratiche future e sullo Stato di diritto. RED-SPINEL fornirà una tipologia del dissenso, ne mapperà i principali attori, analizzerà le contestazioni interne alla democrazia liberale e la concorrenza esterna dei modelli illiberali, oltre a elaborare raccomandazioni strategiche e strumenti di sviluppo delle capacità.
Obiettivo
RED-SPINEL stands for 'Respond to Emerging Dissensus: SuPranational Instruments and Norms of European democracy'. It is an interdisciplinary and intersectoral Research and Innovation Action bringing together 11 partner organisations from 8 European countries. It will jointly analyse the changing nature of dissensus surrounding liberal democracy and its implications for EU supranational policy instruments.
RED-SPINEL will unpack the inter-connected drivers of contemporary dissensus surrounding liberal democracy. Its findings will be rooted in theoretical innovation and original empirical analyses. Its concept-building effort centered on the notion of 'dissensus' will explore how contemporary dissensus surrounding liberal democracy differs from previous debates and which more fundamental questions it raises about future democratic practices and the rule of law. Ultimately, RED-SPINEL will provide a typology of said dissensus, map the principal actors of the dissensus in Europe and unpack its two underlying drivers - i.e. heightened internal contestation over liberal democracy and external competition from alternative illiberal models.
Empirically, RED-SPINEL will focus on the key policy instruments and legal mechanisms shaping the EU's efforts in support of democracy and the rule of law. The studied instruments include the EU rule of law toolbox, the neighborhood and accession instruments, the European semester, fundamental rights and judicial instruments, as well as citizen participation platforms.
Furthermore, through a series of stakeholder events, RED-SPINEL will flesh out the implications of its findings for public policy stakeholders (i.e. legal professionals, policymakers, European youth) as well as EU instruments aimed at responding to said dissensus. The project will develop a range of scientifically informed policy recommendations and capacity-building efforts able to foster innovative democratic practices able to respond to the present-day dissensus.
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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinatore
1050 Bruxelles / Brussel
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