Carlos Closa Montero

Job Title

Deputy Director

Organization

Centre for Political and Constitutional Studies

Country

Spain

Area of Expertise

  • Conflict
  • Gender and constitutions
  • Diversity
  • Customary governance/legal pluralism
  • Human rights
  • Judicial system design
  • Minority issues
  • Participation
  • Power sharing (horizontal/vertical)
  • Religion
  • Security sector

Publications

PUBLICATIONS
Books (in English):

Closa, C. and Heywood, P. (2004) Spain and the EU (London: Palgrave) 274 páginas ISBN 0-333-75338-0 Hardback ISBN 0-333-75339-9 Paperback

Baquero, J. and Closa, C. (eds.) (2008) Past, present, future: 50 years of the European Union (Peter Lang)

Closa, C. Ratifying EU treaties (Forthcoming, Routledge)

Books (in Spanish):

Closa, C. (1997) Sistema político de la Unión Europea (Madrid: Editorial Complutense) 205 páginas

Closa, C. (ed.) (2001) La europeización del sistema político español (Madrid: Istmo) 565 páginas ISBN 84-7090-420-5

Closa, C. and Fernández, N. (eds.) La constitución de la UE (Madrid: CEC)

Articles (in English):

Closa, C. (1991) The Gulf crisis: A case study of national constraints on Community action Journal of European Integration 15:1 pages 47-67.

Closa, C. (1992) The concept of Union citizenship in the Treaty on European Union Common Market Law Review 29:6 pages 1137-1169 (A). Translated into German in Kleger, Heinz (1996) (Hg.) Transnationale Staatsbürgerschaft “Das Konzept der Staatsbürgerschaft in den Verträgen der EuropäischenUnion” páginas 191-208.

Closa, C. (1995) Citizenship of the Union and nationality of Member States Common Market Law Journal 32:487-518

Closa, C. (1996) Spain: The Cortes and the EU -A growing together, Journal of Legislative Studies

Closa, C. (1998) ‘International limits to national claims in EU constitutional negotiations: The Spanish government and the asylum right for EU citizens’ International Negotiations 3:3
pages 389-411

Closa, C. (2001) ‘Between EU constitution and individuals´ self: European citizenship’ Law and Philosophy 20 pages 345-371

Closa, C. (2004) The Spanish intellectual debate on the future of the EU: Who was mobilised and with what effects? South European Politics Vol. 19 no. 1 pages 82-96

Closa, C. (2004) The value of the institutions. Mandate and self-mandate in the Convention process Politique européenne, n°13

Closa, C (2004) The formation of domestic preferences on the reform of the Treaties in Spain Comparative European Politics 2004, 2, (320–338)

Closa, C. (2005) Deliberative constitutional politics and the turn towards a norms-based legitimacy of the EU constitution European Law Journal 11:1 145-164

Closa, C. (2005) Constitution and democracy in the draft treaty establishing a constitution for Europe European Public Law 11:4 pages 411-431

Closa, C. (2007) Why convening referendums? Journal of European Public Policy 14:8 December pages 1-22

Book Chapters (in English):

Closa, C. (1994) Citizenship of the Union and nationality of the Member States; en O’Keefe, D and Twomey, P. (eds.) Legal issues of the Maastricht Treaty (Londres: Chancillery, 1993) páginas. 109-119

Closa, C. (1995) ‘National interest and convergence of preferences: a changing role for Spain in the EU?’ in Mazey, S. y Rhodes, C. (eds.) The state of the European Union Vol. III (Boulder, Co.: Lynne Rienner, 1995) pages 293-316

Closa, C. (1998) Can EU citizenship become the institutional foundation for a new social contract?, in Meny, Ives and Rhodes, Martin (eds.) A new social contract? Charting the future of European welfare (Londres: Macmillan) (CL) pages 266-283

Closa, C. (1998) EU citizenship and supranational democracy, in Weale, Albert y Nenwitch, M. (eds.) Political theory and the European Union (Londres: Routledge); version in (1998) in LaTorre, M. (ed) European citizenship: an institutional challenge (The Hague: Kluwer)

Closa, C. (1998) Some foundations on the normative discussion on supranational citizenship and democracy, in Preuss, U.K. and Requejo, F. (eds.) European citizenship, multiculturalism and the state (Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag) páginas 29-50 ISBN 3-7879-5721-5

Closa, C. (2001) ‘National plurality within single statehood in the European Union’, in Requejo, F. (ed.) Democracy and national pluralism (London: Routledge) pages 105-127

Closa, C. (2001), ‘Requirements of a European public sphere: civil society, self and
citizenship institutionalisation’, in Eder, K. and Giesen, B. (eds.) European Citizenship - National Legacies and Transnational Projects (Oxford: OUP) pages 180-201

Closa, C. (2002) The evolving relationship between EU citizenship and nationality…e pur si muove!, in Hansen, R. and Weil, P. (eds.) Dual nationality, social rights and federal citizenship in the U.S. and Europe The reinvention of citizenship (Bergham Press) pages. ISBN 1-57181-804-9

Closa, C. (2003) The finality debate in Spain: explaining absences, revealing presences, in Serfaty, S. (ed.) The finality debate and its transatlantic dimension (Washington: CSIS) pages 180-210 ISBN 0-89206-427-7

Closa, C. (2004) The Convention method and the transformation of EU constitutional politics, in Erikssen, E. O., Fossum, J.E. and Menéndez, A. (eds.) Developing a European constitution (London: Routledge) pages. 183-206. ISBN 0-415-32194-8

Closa, C. (2004) Spanish citizenship: democracy building and plural nationhood in the European context, in Bellamy, R.; Castiglione, D. and Santoro, E. (eds.) Lineages of European citizenship. National and historical perspectives (London: Palgrave) pages

Closa, C. (2007) Constitutional prospects of European citizenship and new forms of democracy, in De Witte, B. and Hervé Bribosia (eds.) La constitution européenne : Rétrospective et perspectives (Bruxelles: Bruylant)

Closa, C. (2007) The EU Economic governance: the Stability and Growth Pact, en Heinz Schaffer & Julia Iliopoulos-Strangas (eds.) State modernization in Europe Ant. N. Sakkoulas Publishers / Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag / Bruylant SEPI ISBN: 978-960-15-1846-6

Closa, C. (2008) From Constitution to Treaty: democratic paradoxes and clandestine constitutional politics in the EU, in Baquero, J. and Closa, C. (eds.) 50 years of the EU (London: Peter Lang)

Articles and book chapters in Spanish:

Closa, C. (1994) ... E'pur si muove: La teoría de la integración europea antes y después de Maastricht Revista de Estudios Políticos 85:3 pags. 339-364

Closa, C. (1995) La ampliación de la Unión Europea Revista de Estudios Politicos 90 pags. 147-171

Closa, C (1996) ‘El nuevo papel de España en la Unión Europea’ Política y Sociedad páginas 111-124

Closa, C. (1999) La naturaleza constitucional de la Unión Europea, en Llamazares, I. y Reinares, F. (eds.) Aspectos políticos y sociales de la integración europea (Valencia: Tirant lo Blanch) páginas 47-68 ISBN: 84-8002-749-5

Closa, C. (1999) La ciudadanía europea: el estatuto de un sujeto político inacabado, en Llamazares, I. y Reinares, F. (eds.) Aspectos políticos y sociales de la integración europea (Valencia: Tirant lo Blanch) páginas 69-92 ISBN: 84-8002-749-5

Closa, C. (1999) ‘La europeización del sistema político español’, en Paniagua, J.L. y Monedero, J.C. (comps.) Problemas pendientes del sistema político español (Madrid: Tecnos) pags. 473-501 ISBN 84-309-3357-3

Closa, C. (2000) ‘La política pesquera común’, in Morata, F. (ed.) Políticas públicas en la Unión Europea (Barcelona: Ariel) pages 121-142

Closa, C. y Fernández Albertos, J. (2000) ‘El sistema político de la Unión Europea’, en Alcántara, M. (ed.) Sistemas políticos de la Unión Europea (Valencia: Tirant lo Blanch) pags. 527-559

Closa, C. (2000) Los resultados electorales en la Unión Europea, en Martínez, A. y Méndez, M. (eds.) Las elecciones al Parlamento Europeo, 1999 (Valencia: Tirant lo Blanch) páginas 291-322 (CL) ISBN 84-8442-043-4

Closa, C. (2003) ‘La gobernanza en la Unión Europea’ Revista de Estudios Políticos num. 119 Enero-Marzo pages 485-503

Online papers:

Closa, C. (2001) Las raíces domésticas de la política europea de España y la Presidencia de 2002 Foundation Notre Europe Etudes et Recherches no. 16 52 pags. http://www.notre-europe.asso.fr/fichiers/Etud16-es.pdf

Closa, C. (2002) La tercera presidencia española de la UE desde una perspectiva comparativa Real Instituto Elcano Documentos de Trabajo/Working Papers http://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/documentos/25.asp (2/12/2002)

Closa, C. (2003) Improving EU Constitutional Politics? A Preliminary Assessment of the Convention ConWeb Papers University of Manchester and Federal Trust
http://www.les1.man.ac.uk/conweb/
http://www.fedtrust.co.uk/constit_publications.htm

Closa, C. (2004) Lecciones del pacto de estabilidad (ARI) ARI Nº 22/2004 (20/2/2004) http://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/analisis/415.asp acceso: 15 Marzo 2004

Closa, C. (2004) El fracaso del Consejo Europeo de Bruselas y el futuro de la constitución (ARI) ARI Nº 14/2004 ( 28/1/2004)
http://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/analisis/405.asp acceso: 15 Marzo 2004

Closa, C. (2004) Del 11-S al 11-M: El papel de España en la Unión Europea (ARI) ARI Nº 46/2004 (23/3/2004) http://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/analisis/448.asp acceso 25 Marzo 2004

Closa, C. (2004) La ratificación de la Constitución de la UE: un campo de minas (ARI) ARI Nº 120/2004 ( 7/7/2004 ) http://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/analisis/548.asp (acceso 26 Julio 2004)

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