Date: 2021
Type: Thesis
Call of duty : why does the Catholic Church support the European integration?
Florence : European University Institute, 2021, EUI, SPS, PhD Thesis
MICHALSKI, Radoslaw Jan, Call of duty : why does the Catholic Church support the European integration?, Florence : European University Institute, 2021, EUI, SPS, PhD Thesis - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/71785
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“Call of duty” – why does the Catholic Church support European integration? I investigate the “puzzlement” caused by the situation in which an international religious institution, the Catholic Church, which is urged by its believers and political institutions to engage in criticism of the EU and the integration process, and itself sees the changes in EU policies as well, still advocates in favour of the Union in each instance where a choice must be made concerning a country’s membership. The dissertation features also two case studies. The first one concerns Poland in 2004 and the referendum on joining the European Union, and the second – 2016 UK with its “Brexit” referendum on leaving the EU. In both countries, despite considerable difference in the position of the Catholic Church and its political influence, as an institution, it strongly supported European integration – joining the EU in the former case, and remaining in it in the latter. The case studies analysis is preceded by an overview of the development of Catholic Social Doctrine as a vital background for understanding the logic of the actions undertaken by the Church.
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Defence date: 30 June 2021; Examining Board: Professor Olivier Roy (European University Institute); Professor Joseph H.H. Weiler (European University Institute and New York University); Professor Stephen Bullivant (St Mary's University); Professor Grzegorz Sokołowski (Pontifical Faculty of Theology)
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/71785
Full-text via DOI: 10.2870/011942
Series/Number: EUI; SPS; PhD Thesis
Publisher: European University Institute
LC Subject Heading: Church and state -- Catholic Church; Church and state -- European Union countries
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