Bulletin n. 2/2011
October 2011
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Michael Freeden, Diana Mishkova, Javier Fernández Sebastián, Willibald Steinmetz, Henrik Stenius
    The European Conceptual History Project (ECHP): Mission Statement
    in Contributions to the History of Concepts , Vol. 6, n°1 ,  2011 ,  111-116
    Ater a complex integration process which has taken more than half a century, most Europeans—and non-Europeans—no longer identify Europe with simply an economic common market; yet the inal political status of the European Union is still an open question. In general, Europe is usually regarded as the birthplace of a set of values claiming universal validity and serving as the basic political reference for citizens and institutions throughout the world. he emergence and spread of such signiicant concepts as civilization, democracy, liberalism, parliamentarism, (human) rights, or tolerance, for example, are generally associated with modern European history. Surprisingly enough, the history of the processes of formation and development of such conceptual systems, inextricably woven into the construction of Europe, has so far not received the attention it deserves. With the speciic aim of redressing this imbalance, a group of scholars from a number of European universities have set up the European Conceptual History Project (ECHP). his document presents the outlines of the project. he series European Conceptual Histories (ECH) will open with a general introductory volume, presenting the main lines and the theoretical framework of the endeavor, followed by another seven volumes dealing with cluster concepts: civilization, federalism, state and market, historical regions, liberalism, parliamentarism, and planning. he editorial board has commissioned the volumes to a number of editors who will coordinate the research of specialists from all over Europe.
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