Publication: El fin de la cultura de los derechos: Unión Europea post-Maastricht y transformaciones en el Estado constitucional
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2014-01
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Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto de Derechos Humanos Bartolomé de las Casas; Dykinson
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Una de las características propias del Estado constitucional, desde sus orígenes,
ha sido la estructuración ideológica de las sociedades europeas alrededor de
un proceso de individualización construido sobre una cultura de los derechos
(de participación-representación y de Justicia-dignidad). Ello permitía que los
ciudadanos adoptaran una actitud activa en defensa de sus derechos y, mediante
la lucha política, poder establecer una secuencia temporal de progreso social o
progresiva mayor igualdad.
Esta es, sin embargo, una secuencia que se ha detenido. En el marco de la crisis
actual, la fuerte y cada vez mayor movilización ciudadana contra las políticas económicas
de los Estados miembros y la Unión Europea presenta ya limitadas posibilidades
de cambiar nada ni influir sobre unos dirigentes empeñados, a pesar de la
oposición ciudadana, en implementar “más Europa” en lugar de “otra Europa”.
El presente artículo explica, mediante un análisis de las últimas transformaciones
en el Estado Constitucional, el porqué de este fenómeno de cada vez mayor
limitación de los recursos-acciones de movilización ciudadana para influir o
determinar las políticas públicas.
One of the characteristics of the constitutional State, since its origins, has been the ideological structuring of European societies around an individualization process built on a culture of rights (participation-representation rights and justice-dignity rights). This allowed citizens to adopt a proactive attitude in defense of their rights and, through political struggle, to establish a temporal sequence of progressive social progress or greater equality. However, this sequence stopped. In the context of the current crisis, the strong and growing citizen mobilization against the economic policies of the Member States and the European Union has already limited ability to change anything or influence the politicians committed, despite public opposition, in implement “more Europe” instead of “another Europe”. This article explains, through an analysis of recent changes in the Constitutional State, the reason for this phenomenon of increasing limitation of the citizen mobilization efforts to influence or determine public policy.
One of the characteristics of the constitutional State, since its origins, has been the ideological structuring of European societies around an individualization process built on a culture of rights (participation-representation rights and justice-dignity rights). This allowed citizens to adopt a proactive attitude in defense of their rights and, through political struggle, to establish a temporal sequence of progressive social progress or greater equality. However, this sequence stopped. In the context of the current crisis, the strong and growing citizen mobilization against the economic policies of the Member States and the European Union has already limited ability to change anything or influence the politicians committed, despite public opposition, in implement “more Europe” instead of “another Europe”. This article explains, through an analysis of recent changes in the Constitutional State, the reason for this phenomenon of increasing limitation of the citizen mobilization efforts to influence or determine public policy.
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Estado constitucional, Derechos, Unión Europea, Justicia, Representación, Constitutional State, Rights, European Union, Justice, Representation
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Derechos y Libertades: revista de filosofía del derecho y derechos humanos, enero 2014, n. 30, pp. 43-70