Democracy in Europe

Legitimising Politics in a Non-State Polity

Inbunden, Engelska, 1998

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Since the beginning of the European Community students of international politics and of international, resp. Constitutional law, have been wondering what kind of animal it is, and will be, once integration has been completed. Whereas the EC Treaty of 1957 stressed the economic aspects and envisioned a steady and dynamic progress towards a Single Market, it was conspicuously silent about the political implications of integration and the new democratic order. What is needed, so the author argues in this powerful and original contribution to the debate on democratisation of the European Union, is a flexible system that supplements the European decision-making process with various direct democratic instruments such as the use of referenda. These would serve to increase the accountability of the politicians without demanding or requiring a definitive resolution of the exact constitutional status of the Union.

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Utgivningsdatum1998-11-19
Mått140 x 216 x 14 mm
Vikt372 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor192
FörlagBerghahn Books, Incorporated
ISBN9781571819857

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ForewordList of AbbreviationsChapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. IncompatibilitiesThe Concept of ‘Sovereignty’FederalismDemocracyConclusionChapter 3. Inadequate SolutionsThe Recent Reform DebateParliamentarisationMulti-CameralismFederalismConclusionChapter 4. In Search of an Adequate Model: Theoretical ConsiderationsContract TheoryFiscal FederalismConcepts of Group RepresentationNetwork Analysis and Game TheoryNew Normative Democratic TheoryConclusionChapter 5. A Proposal for the Democratisation of the EUThe Practical TaskA System of Veto RightsRegional Subunits: the Assignment of PowersSectoral Subunits: How to Distinguish ThemProceduresSome IllustrationsA Summary of the ProposalChapter 6. Major ObjectionsDemocratic Ambivalence (or: How Democratic is Democracy?)Democracy vs. EfficiencyBiases and AsymmetriesThe acquis communautaireChapter 7. Models and RealitiesBibliographyIndex