More Democratic Community

The Place of Democracy in the History of European Integration

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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The histories of European unification and of West European democracy during the second half of the twentieth century have often been considered as separate or even antagonistic processes with the institutions of European integration being regarded as bastions of bureaucratic rule. A More Democratic Community challenges this assumption and argues that European integration benefited from the democratic accountability of member states while contributing to the validation of national democratic institutions. However, it also unveils a paradox: as integration deepened, it diminished the power of national parliaments, sparking a democratic accountability crisis within the Community.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-08-01
Mått152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt466 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieStudies in Contemporary European History
Antal sidor220
FörlagBerghahn Books
ISBN9781805395423

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Sara Lorenzini is Professor of Contemporary History at the Department of Humanities and at the School of International Studies (SIS) of the University of Trento, where she teaches courses on International History (post-1945). Her most recent book is Global Development. A Cold War History (Princeton University Press, 2019). She was the recipient of a Jean Monnet Chair in European Integration History (2018-2021).

Introduction: Reflections on the Place of Democracy in the Process of European IntegrationSara LorenziniChapter 1. European Integration and Democracy: The Complexities of a RelationshipMartin ConwayChapter 2. Governance versus Democracy: Negotiating Transnational European union during the Cold WarWolfram KaiserChapter 3. Making a Rod for its own Back: Explaining Commission Support for Increasing European Parliament Power, 1950-2000Piers N. LudlowChapter 4. Images and Sounds of the “Democratic Deficit”: the Italian mass media and European Integration in the 1950sGabriele D’OttavioChapter 5. An Unexpected Problem? The Hague Summit and the Democratic DeficitUmberto TulliChapter 6. A Statement of the Obvious? The European Commission and the Internal Rationale of the Copenhagen CriteriaBenedetto ZaccariaChapter 7. The Spitzenkandidaten System and the ‘Snakes and Ladders’ of EU Parliamentary DemocracyEmanuele MassettiChapter 8. The Illiberal Fabric: Mapping the Geoculture of Viktor Orbán’s HungaryStefano BottoniChapter 9. A Democratic Brexit? Populism and Democracy in the United Kingdom’s Withdrawal from the European UnionRussell Foster