Democratic Empowerment In The European Union

Author : David Levi-Faur,Frans van Waarden
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781788113564

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Democratic Empowerment in the European Union by David Levi-Faur,Frans van Waarden Pdf

This book looks at democratic empowerment via institutional designs that extend the political rights of European citizens. It focuses on three themes: first, the positive and negative effects of the European Union institutional design on the political rights of its citizens; second, challenges for democratic regimes across the world in the 21st century in the context of regionalism and globalization; third, the constraints of neoliberalism and capitalist markets on the ability of citizens to effectively achieve their political rights within the Union.

Author : Mona Yacoubian
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Arab countries
ISBN : PURD:32754078876848

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Promoting Middle East Democracy by Mona Yacoubian Pdf

Author : Francis Cheneval,Sandra Lavenex,Frank Schimmelfennig
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317512790

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European Democracy as Demoi-cracy by Francis Cheneval,Sandra Lavenex,Frank Schimmelfennig Pdf

Whereas ‘democracy’ assumes a single demos or people, ‘demoi-cracy’ refers to democratic government and governance in a polity constituted by separate peoples. Since the European Union consists of many demoi with different collective identities, largely separate public spheres, and a predominantly national political infrastructure, demoi-cracy is an appropriate standard for the analysis and evaluation of democracy in the EU. In its vertical dimension, demoi-cracy is based on the equality and interaction of citizens’ and statespeoples’ representatives in the making of common policies. Horizontally, it seeks to balance equal transnational rights of citizens with national policy-making autonomy. This volume offers exemplary studies exploring the potential for and the workings of demoi-cracy in the EU across a broad range of institutions and issues in both its vertical and horizontal dimensions. In particular, the contributions address the following questions: Is demoi-cracy relevant to citizen attitudes and public discourse on the EU’s legitimacy? How do national and supranational democratic institutions interact? Do the EU’s modes of governance, such as regulation through agencies, mutual recognition, and the open method of coordination, meet demoi-cratic expectations? This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of European Public Policy.

Author : Christopher Lord
Publisher : Burns & Oates
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105073193612

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Democracy in the European Union by Christopher Lord Pdf

There has been much talk of the democratic deficit in the European Union, but little understanding of the problems of constructing a transnational democracy. This book seeks to remedy these defects by looking at democratic authorization, and representation of Union power.

Author : Ronald Holzhacker,Erik Albæk
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 178254352X

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Democratic Governance and European Integration by Ronald Holzhacker,Erik Albæk Pdf

As the power and scope of the European Union moves further, beyond traditional forms of international cooperation between sovereign states, it is important to analyse how these developments are impacting upon national institutions and processes of democratic representation and legitimacy in the member countries. The authors in this book identifyfour core processes of democratic governance present in any democratic political system that link societal and state processes of decision-making: opinion formation, interestintermediation, national executive decision-making and national parliamentary scrutiny. From a normative perspective they discuss what impacts this process of Europeanizationhas on democracy in the evolving system. They conclude that more changes are seen within the state-centric than in the societal-centred processes of democracy, thus thepublic seems to have been 'left behind? in the process of constructing Europe. The empirical research and normative discussion presented in this book are designed to further our knowledge concerning the Europeanization of social and state processes of democracy and to contribute to the continuing dialogue on democracy in the EuropeanUnion. This book will be of great interest to academics and researchers of political science, public policy and international relations, as well as those interested in European studies andcomparative politics.

Author : Robert Ladrech
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1555879020

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Social Democracy and the Challenge of European Union by Robert Ladrech Pdf

He also explores what this new form of political activity means for European politics, arguing that the traditional positions of left and right may be becoming increasingly significant within the EU's evolving, transnational political culture.

Author : Andrea Teti,Pamela Abbott,Valeria Talbot,Paolo Maggiolini
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030338831

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Democratisation against Democracy by Andrea Teti,Pamela Abbott,Valeria Talbot,Paolo Maggiolini Pdf

This book explains why the EU is not a ‘normative actor’ in the Southern Mediterranean, and how and why EU democracy promotion fails. Drawing on a combination of discourse analysis of EU policy documents and evidence from opinion polls showing ‘what the people want’, the book shows EU policy fails because the EU promotes a conception of democracy which people do not share. Likewise, the EU’s strategies for economic development are misconceived because they do not reflect the people’s preferences for greater social justice and reducing inequalities. This double failure highlights a paradox of EU democracy promotion: while nominally emancipatory, it de facto undermines the very transitions to democracy and inclusive development it aims to pursue.

Author : Erik Oddvar Eriksen,John Erik Fossum
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0415225914

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Democracy in the European Union by Erik Oddvar Eriksen,John Erik Fossum Pdf

It is widely believed that the European Union suffers from a democratic deficit. This then raises a fundamental question: can democracy ever be applied to decision-making bodies beyond the nation-state? How we conceive of democracy itself is essential to how we understand its deficit, and this book, with its impressive array of highly influential contributors, presents a theoretical approach which enables us to think of democracy at a supra-national level. Bringing together the ideas of major thinkers such as Bellamy, Habermas, Joerges and Schlesinge, Democracy in the European Union presents pioneering and original work on a key issue in contemporary politics. With in-depth analysis from high-calibre writers, this book is a unique contribution to debates about democracy and the European Union, for all upper-level undergraduate and graduate students of politics, European studies, democratic studies, and international relations, as well as professionals and policy-makers.

Author : José M. Magone
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781788111348

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Constraining Democratic Governance in Southern Europe by José M. Magone Pdf

In this thought-provoking book, José M. Magone investigates the growing political, economic and social divisions between the core countries of the European Union and the southern European periphery. He examines the major hindrances that are preventing the four main southern European countries (Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece) from keeping up with the increasing pace of European integration, and the effects that this is having on democratic governance.

Author : Alex Warleigh
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2003-04-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0761972811

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Democracy in the European Union by Alex Warleigh Pdf

This book comprehensively reviews one of the most salient, ongoing debates at the heart of the European Union (EU) today: democratic reform.

Author : Liana Giorgi,Ingmar von Homeyer,Wayne Parsons
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2006-09-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134224326

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Democracy in the European Union by Liana Giorgi,Ingmar von Homeyer,Wayne Parsons Pdf

An invaluable exploration of the concern that transfers of power to European Union institutions are producing a worrying new form of democratic deficit. While ongoing reforms of these institutions promise to render decision processes at European level more transparent and accountable, these expert authors examine whether there is a European public sphere for citizens and their representatives to discuss, deliberate and evaluate issues of public relevance. They show how the process of European integration has given rise to a new object of study – European society, and why key questions concerning identity, citizenship, democracy, government and institutions are being raised anew and are major political concerns at European and Member State level. With six case studies of EU policy-making and representative institutions, they analyze the intensity of participatory practices in four dimensions: mobilization of societal actors, public contestation and debate, openness of decision-making, and responsiveness of policy makers. This book will be of strong interest to students and researchers of the European Union, European politics, European studies as well as those concerned with more theoretical aspects of governance and the public sphere.

Author : Vivien A. Schmidt,Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations Vivien A Schmidt
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2006-10-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199266975

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Democracy in Europe by Vivien A. Schmidt,Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations Vivien A Schmidt Pdf

This eagerly awaited volume, from a leading scholar on Europeanization, explores the impact of European integration on national democracies. Focusing on the case studies of France, Britain, Italy, and Germany, this is an exciting contribution to work on the implications of European integration for democratic government.

Author : Beate Kohler-Koch,Berthold Rittberger
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Law
ISBN : 0742554929

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Debating the Democratic Legitimacy of the European Union by Beate Kohler-Koch,Berthold Rittberger Pdf

Recoge: 1. Democracy. -- 2. What future for parliamentary democracy in the EU. -- 3. The public sphere and civil society: prerequisites for democratically legitimate rule making. -- 4. Democracy and political participation. -- 5. Deliberative democracy.

Author : Berthold Rittberger
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2005-03-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191534263

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Building Europe's Parliament by Berthold Rittberger Pdf

Why have the national governments of EU member states successively endowed the European Parliament with supervisory, budgetary, and legislative powers over the past fifty years? Building Europe's Parliament sheds new light on this pivotal issue, and provides a major contribution to the study of the European Parliament. Rittberger develops a theory of delegation to representative institutions in international politics which combines elements of democratic theory and different strands of institutionalist theory. To test the plausibility of his theory, Rittberger draws on extensive archival material and offers theory-guided, in-depth case studies of three landmark decisions in the history of the European Parliament: the creation of the Common Assembly of the ECSC in 1951 and the concomitant acquisition of supervisory powers vis-à-vis the quasi-executive High Authority; the delegation of budgetary powers following the signing of the Treaty of Luxembourg in 1970; and the delegation of legislative powers resulting from the adoption of the Single European Act signed in 1986. This is followed by the charting of more recent key developments, culminating in the adoption of the Constitutional Treaty in 2004. The book provides a welcome addition to the literature on institutional design by reflecting on the conditions under which governments opt for the creation and empowerment of parliamentary institutions in international politics. It also makes a valuable contribution to the application of democratic theory to the study of the European Union by demonstrating that political elites shared the view that the new supranational polity which emerged from the debris of World War II suffered from 'democratic deficit' since its inception, thus disproving the claim that the lamented 'democratic deficit' is a recent phenomenon.

Author : Jean Blondel,Richard Sinnott,Palle Svensson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198293088

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People and Parliament in the European Union by Jean Blondel,Richard Sinnott,Palle Svensson Pdf

The power of the European Parliament has been steadily and visibly increasing, but the already low rate of turnout in European elections has declined. This text analyzes these concepts of applicability at the European level.