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The Social Construction of the Acquis Communautaire: A Cornerstone of the European Edifice

Knud Erik Jørgensen

European Integration online Papers (EIoP) Vol. 3 (1999) N° 5; http://eiop.or.at/eiop/texte/1999-005a.htm

Date of Publication in : 29.4.1999

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Hello, my name is Raluca Fratiloiu and I am a second year MA Communication student at the University of Calgary, Canada.
My MA thesis research deals with a critical analysis of the europa.eu.int website presentation pages from a communication perspective. I depart from the idea that the EU discourse as far as the image it projects about the concept of 'European-ness' is socially constructed throughout centuries and informed extensively by the European idea.
Your paper helped me out realize that constructs that can be regarded as inherent, such as a set of laws/rules (the acquis beeing one of them) can be challenged from many standpoints as far as their validity. The acquis is "socially constructed", as you very well describe it, because it is produced by certain agents (Western Europe) in certain cultural constructs. The law itself, though it can be regarded as inherent and/or inalianable can be regarded as a social construction at any stage throughout the process departing from its production and ending with its application.
I really enjoyed reading your paper and referring at it in my research. I would really appreciate if you keep me posted on your work.