Schmidt Presents New Book During GLOBE Webinar
On October 14, 2020, Vivien Schmidt, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, presented her new book – Europe’s Crisis of Legitimacy: Governing by Rules and Ruling by Numbers – during a webinar hosted by the Leuven Center for Global Governance Studies. The webinar was part of the “Global Governance and the European Union: Future Trends and Scenarios” (GLOBE) Project’s webinar series on the future of global governance.
Professor Carlos Closa Montero, Professor at Institute for Public Goods and Policies of the Spanish National Research Council, offered some reflections for discussion before a Q&A with the audience of over 100 attendees. During her remarks, Schmidt discussed the content of the book and how it assesses the legitimacy of European Union (EU) governing activities first in terms of their procedural quality (‘throughput)’ by charting EU actors’ different pathways to legitimacy, and then evaluates their policy effectiveness (‘output’) and political responsiveness (‘input’). She also discussed EU governing legitimacy during the COVID-19 pandemic and what’s next for the Eurozone.
A recording of the event can be read below.
Schmidt has discussed Europe’s Crisis of Legitimacy during a number of recent events hosted by the Pardee School’s Center for the Study of Europe (CSE), Harvard University Center for European Studies, and the Rhodes Center.
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Vivien Schmidt is Professor of International Relations and Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies and was the first Director of BU’s Center for the Study of Europe, housed at the Pardee School. Schmidt’s research focuses on European political economy, institutions, democracy, and political theory—in particular on the importance of ideas and discourse in political analysis. Read more about her here.