The European Union : How Democratic Is It?.
Title:
The European Union : How Democratic Is It?.
Author:
Andersen, Svein.
ISBN:
9781849207126
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (305 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 - Introduction:Dilemmas, Contradictions and the Future of European Democracy -- Part I: Numerical Democracy, Corporative Pluralism and Lobbying in European Politics -- 2 - Euro-parties and European Parties: New Arenas, New Challenges and New Strategies -- 3 - EU-Lobbying: Between Representativity and Effectiveness -- 4 - The Modern West European State and the European Union: Democratic Erosion or a New Kind of Polity? -- Part II: EU Policy-making and National Institutions -- 5 - The French EU Decision-making:Between Destabilisation and Adaptation -- 6 - European Union Policy-making and National Institutions - the Case of Belgium -- 7 - Italy: in Need of More EU Democracy -- Part III: European Institutions: Legitimacy and Democracy -- 8 - The Role of the Commission -- 9 - The Role of the Council -- 10 - Voting Power Under the EU Constitution -- 11 - The European Parliament -- Part IV: The Future of EU Democracy -- 12 - The European Union: 1996 and Beyond - a Personal View from the Side-line -- 13 - The European Union and the Erosion of Parliamentary Democracy: A Study of Post-parliamentary Governance -- 14 - Democracy: Traditional Concerns in New Institutional Settings -- About the Contributors -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
Taking as its starting point the major issues of democracy which are the ongoing concerns of every liberal Western political system, this volume offers a wide-ranging review of democracy in the European Union. It treats the EU as a new type of political system within the tradition of parliamentary democracies, a system which is neither federal nor intergovernmental, and which consequently has unique problems of how to handle democratic requirements. Part One deals with the two major challenges of interest articulation in the EU, political parties and lobbying. The second part discusses how democracy becomes the key element in the linkage between the EU and its member states, focusing on France, Italy and Belgium where the r.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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