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The Search for a European identity. Values, Policies and Legitimacy of the European Union
No full textThis book examines the link between political identity and legitimacy in the European Union, and more precisely of the EU. Stimulated by the present crisis of legitimacy and identity suffered by the EU after the referenda on the Constitutional Treaty, the editors have developed a theoretical framework to examine the interplay between legitimacy and identity in the development of the EU into a full-fledged political actor. The editors examine these concepts jointly, specifically focussing on their connection and also consider the deeper cultural and moral layers from which a would-be polity such as the EU draws its justification and looks at the role played by symbols and memories.The authors seek to: redefine the key notions in the rigorous way of political philosophy, thus avoiding the generic or imprecise language usage found in a large part of political science literature on identity, and test these concepts in the analysis of EU policies that may reveal the world views and the principles upon which EU legislation is based, and also asks what impact those policies have in the perception of the European public, and how far they help develop a shared political identity and a justification for the growing role played by EU institutions inside and outside the continent.Featuring case studies on environmental policy, biosafety policy, biotechnology regulation, civil society, human rights promotion and democracy, this book will be of interest to students and researchers of political science, political philosophy, European politics and European Studies.
Part 1: Theorizing the Link between Identity and Legitimacy 1. Why Legitimacy and Political Identity are Connected to Each Other, Epecially in the Case of the European Union "Furio Cerutti" 2. Identity, Legitimacy and Foreign Policy "Sonia Lucarelli "Part 2: Memory and Space 3. Europe, War and Remembrance "Chiara Bottici" 4. Identity and Capital Cities: European Nations and the European Union "Goran Therborn" Part 3: Politics and Ethics: the Regulation of Technology 5. Global Warming and European Political Identity "Dimitri D&aposAndrea" 6. EU Food Safety Policy and Public Debate "Elena Acuti" 7. EU Red Biotechnology Regulations and European Values "Renata Badii" Part 4: Social and Civil Europe 8. The European Social Model(s) and the Self Image of Europe "Vaia Demertzis" 9. The Double Face of Civil Society "Debora Spini" Part 5: Outside the EU: Policies and Images 10. Human Rights Promotion "Rosa Balfour" 11. Judicial Policies and European Enlargement: Building the Image of a Rule of Law Promoter "Daniela Piana" 12. How Do the Others See Us? European Political Identity and the External Image of the EU "Lorenzo Fioramonti and Sonia Lucarelli" 13. Conclusions "Furio Cerutti and Sonia Lucarell
Conclusion
No full textThe chapter draws the conclusion form the entire research and the book on the values embedded in EU policies and their role for identity building in the EU
Uniqueness for second-order parabolic equations with discontinuous coefficients
No full textThe authors show the uniqueness of the ``good solution'' to the Cauchy-Dirichlet problem for linear non-variational parabolic equations with the coefficients of the principal part with discontinuities, in cases in which in general uniqueness of strong solutions in Sobolev spaces does not hold. The notion of the ``good solution'' to the elliptic equations was introduced by the first author in [M. C. Cerutti, L. Escauriaza and E. B. Fabes, Ann. Mat. Pura Appl. (4) 163 (1993), 161--18
Debating Political Identity and Legitimacy in the European Union
No full textHow can we conceptualize identity and legitimacy in the context of the European union? What is the role of narratives, political symbols, public debate and institutional practices in the process of identity formation and legitimacy consolidation?
Debating Political Identity and Legitimacy in the European Union addresses these questions and brings together high profile scholars from various disciplinary backgrounds to debate the ontological and epistemological aspects of research on identity and legitimacy formation in the EU. Part I investigates key elements such as the relationship between ‘Europeanization’ of the EU member states and its effect on the political identity of their citizens; the relationship between the politicization of the EU and processes of identity and legitimacy formation; and the indispensability of European identity for legitimizing the EU. Part II looks at pathways to identity formation and legitimacy construction in the EU by considering alternative types of constitutional legitimacy; political symbolism; Europeanization and politicization of the debate on EU focusing on the foreign policy domain.
Bringing together a wide but coherent range of high profile perspectives, this book will of interest to students and scholars of European studies, Political Science, Philosophy, Sociology and Law.
Content:
Preface Furio Cerutti, Sonia Lucarelli and Vivien Schmidt Part 1: Reflections on Identity and Legitimacy in the European Union 1. How Not to (mis)Understand Political Identity in the European Union Furio Cerutti 2. The Problems of Identity and Legitimacy in the European Union: Is More Politics the Answer? Vivien A. Schmidt 3.Europe as a Narrative Network: Taking the Social Embeddedness of Identity Constructions Seriously Klaus Eder 4. European Identity and Support for European Integration Dieter Fuchs 5. Does the Power Exerted by the EU need a Legitimacy Based on the Citizens’ European Identity? Nicolas Levrat Part 2: Pathways to Identity Formation and Legitimacy Construction 6. Three European Constitutionalisms and their Respective Legitimacy Requirements: Explaining the Longue Durée Stability of the EU Polity Mario Teló 7. False Expectations: The Counterproductive Side Effects of the EU’s use of Political Symbols Albrecht Sonntag 8. Gaining European Legitimacy and Identity through Unlocking the Public Spheres of Nation States: The Case of The Netherlands Jos De Beus and Jeannette Mak 9. Mirrors of Us: European Political Identity and the Others’ Image of the EU Sonia Lucarelli 10. Public Visibility and Citizen Participation: The Europeanization of Foreign Policy Debates in the British and German Public Spheres Martin Federico Meyer 11. Debating Identity and Legitimacy in the EU: Concluding Remarks Sonia Lucarell
EFFECTS OF ADHESIVE RESTORATION ON CUSPAL DEFLECTION IN ENDODONTICALLY TREATED PREMOLARS
No full textObjective: The purpose of this study was to determine, by means of a non-destructive experimental procedure, the extent to which tooth cusps are weakened by endodontic procedures and the effectiveness of adhesive bonding restoration in reducing cuspal deflection as function of different restorative procedures.
Methods: A mechanically controlled loading device induced cuspal deflection by axial force (range 98 – 294 Newton) on an occlusal surface while sophisticated Laser LTS twin sensor registered the amount of deflection. Cusps deflection values, in microns, were recorded for each tooth (Cerutti et al., IADR-Washington 2000). Thirty sound maxillary premolars teeth were sequentially evaluated in the following conditions: A) intact tooth; B) completion of restorative (cavity MOD preparation:depth 4 mm and width of a half of intercuspal distance) and endodontic procedures. Teeth were randomly divided in five groups (n = 5) and restored respectively with: 1) Amalgam (Dispersalloy); 2) Spectrum TPH; 3) Surefil; 4) Esthet-X; 5) Esthet-X + Dyract flow. The cavity margins were etched with H3PO4– 36%; P&B NT bonding system was used.
Results: We evaluated in intact teeth (range 49,52-58,76 N/μm) and in restored teeth (range 8,56-47,05 N/μm) for all groups: A) amount of cusps deflection B) average loading force needed to induce 1 μm andi C) mean structural recovery. Statistical analysis (Anova for repeated measures) has been performed. Mean structural recovery values after restorative treatment were for restored teeth: 17% amalgam, 60% in Spectrum TPH, 59% in SureFil, 54% in Esthet-X, and 99% in Esthet-X/Dyract flow.
Conclusions: Bonded composite restorations are effective in reducing cuspal deflection after treatment and in recovering tooth stiffness in endodontically treated premolars
Dual Use and Dual Use Research of Concern : Political Implications
No full textIt is perhaps not generally known that the first draft of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention proposed in 1969 also included a ban on offensive research. However, no explicit provision was integrated in the final text agreed in September 1971. This dearth of regulation entails heavy consequences in the management of present advances in life science. This lecture is aimed at offering a sketch of the problem from its very outset and at presenting international efforts to cope with such initial breach
On scientific enquiry and computational argumentation
No full textIn this speculative paper we discuss how existing work in formal argumentation can support the creation of a Regulæ Philosophandi Ratiocinator, i.e. a machinery implementing general principles of formal science. In particular, we review two research projects in this light, one aimed at supporting intelligence analysis—CISpaces.org—and one aimed at assessing natural language interfaces to formal argumentation
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