Introduction
In the studies related to European Union, a significant contribution has been made by the article “Security, Social Control, Democracy and Migration within the ‘Constitution’ of the EU” by D. Melossi (2005).
Description of an article
The article significantly addresses the importance of the emerging concept of social control in the place of the decaying concept of state based on Foucault’s criticism of a ‘theory of the State.’ intending to imply the meanings of the present efforts to make a ‘Constitution’ for the European Union. For this attempt, the article sets aside the questions that relate to America. The article deals in detail with the various aspects of the theory and the conditions needed for the common constitution for the European Union. The concepts such as democracy, social control, and ‘the state’ that originated in America are discussed in detail in comparison with the European environment.
From all these discussions, the paper proceeds to the more significant factors that contribute to the central concern of the paper as they relate to the European Union. The possibility of a ‘democratic constitutionalization’ of Europe suggested by Dieter Grimm is analyzed in detail as it responds to the central concern of the paper. The paper addresses the question, in great detail and with much logic, regarding the possibility of a common European constitution. Another central concern of the paper has been in finding the relation among language, social control, and a democratic European constitution and this process the paper specifically focuses on the relationships among migration, criminalization, and security which has been the result situations of today’s Europe as a sort of basis for evaluation of those connections. The article makes an ultimate conclusion that a common language for Europe, as it is the elementary condition, is of paramount relevance, to the European Union, its democracy and Constitution, and for the concept of ‘social control’.
Conclusion
The common European language is the first step toward an actual European will to be expressed which in turn will realize the idea of ‘European Union’ and thus the article makes a pertinent and emphatic statement about European Union and its procedures.