How To Democratize The European Union And Why Bother

Author : Philippe C. Schmitter
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Law
ISBN : 0847699056

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How to Democratize the European Union-- and why Bother? by Philippe C. Schmitter Pdf

A contradictory creation indeed, the European Union has most of the institutions of a modern democracy, yet it does not function as one. Moreover, its growing scope of activity and supranational decision making processes are undermining the legitimacy of democracy in its member states. Much has been written about this double "democratic deficit," but surprisingly little thought has been given to what to do about it--short of drafting and ratifying a new federal constitution. In this provocative book, Philippe C. Schmitter explores both the possibility and the desirability of democratizing the EU. He argues that as a "non-state" and a "non nation" it will have to invent new forms of citizenship, representation, and decisionmaking if it is ever to democratize itself. The author also contends that the timing and political context work against a full-scale constitutionalization of the process. He proposes a number of modest (and some less modest) reforms that could improve the situation in the near future and eventually lead to a genuine Euro-democracy.

Author : Catherine Hoskyns
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351522755

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Democratizing the European Union by Catherine Hoskyns Pdf

The European Union's "democratic deficit" and ways that might be found to resolve it are hot issues in both academic debate and practical politics. Democratizing the European Union offers a fresh approach to this subject by bringing together a diverse range of authors who have been actively involved either in analyzing the activities of the European Union or participating in them.The contributors go beyond a primarily institutional approach by highlighting issues having to do with values, participation, and exclusion. Collectively this volume also transcends the limitations of abstract theory. Embracing a range of perspectives, and including discussions of major contemporary challenges, such as enlargement and economic and monetary union, this book contains a detailed analysis of the response of New Labour to the democratization debate. The contributions include: Sue Cohen, "Social Solidarity in the Delors Period"; Sverker Gustavsson, "Reconciling Suprastatism and Accountability: A View from Sweden"; Stefano Fella, "A Europe of the Peoples? New Labour and Democratizing the EU"; John Lambert and Catherine Hoskyns, "How Democratic is the European Parliament?"; Valerio Lintner, "Controlling Monetary Union"; Mary Kaldor, "Eastern Enlargement and Democracy"; Richard Kuper, "Democratization: A Constitutionalizing Process"; and Catherine Hoskyns, "Democratizing the EU: Evidence and Argument."Democratizing the European Union is essential reading for all those with an interest in the EU and broader questions of democracy. It is also particularly useful for students of European Studies and practitioners involved in EU policymaking and lobbying.

Author : Stéphanie Hennette,Thomas Piketty,Guillaume Sacriste,Antoine Vauchez
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780674239623

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How to Democratize Europe by Stéphanie Hennette,Thomas Piketty,Guillaume Sacriste,Antoine Vauchez Pdf

An all-star cast of scholars and politicians from Europe and America propose and debate the creation of a new European parliament with substantial budgetary and legislative power to solve the crisis of governance in the Eurozone and promote social and fiscal justice and public investment. The European Union is struggling. The rise of Euroskeptic parties in member states, economic distress in the south, the migrant crisis, and Brexit top the news. But deeper structural problems may be a greater long-term peril. Not least is the economic management of the Eurozone, the nineteen countries that use the Euro. How can this be accomplished in a way generally acceptable to members, given a political system whose structures are routinely decried for a lack of democratic accountability? How can the EU promote fiscal and social justice while initiating the long-term public investments that Europe needs to overcome stagnation? These are the problems a distinguished group of European and American scholars set out to solve in this short but valuable book. Among many longstanding grievances is the charge that Eurozone policies serve large and wealthy countries at the expense of poorer nations. It is also unclear who decides economic policy, how the interests of diverse member states are balanced, and to whom the decision-makers are accountable. The four lead authors—Stéphanie Hennette, Thomas Piketty, Guillaume Sacriste, and Antoine Vauchez—describe these and other problems, and respond with a draft treaty establishing a parliament for economic policy, its members drawn from national parliaments. We then hear from invited critics, who express support, objections, or alternative ideas. How to Democratize Europe offers a chance to observe how major thinkers view some of the Continent’s most pressing issues and attempt to connect democratic reform with concrete changes in economic and social policies.

Author : Alex Warleigh
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 40,5 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 : José M. Magone
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,7 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 : Paul Kubicek
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2004-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134386222

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The European Union & Democratization by Paul Kubicek Pdf

The European Union has been a key actor in promoting democratization and providing assistance to encourage political change. This book assesses the EU's contribution to democratization by looking at the failures and states that offered resistance to EU pressure to reform, aiming to understand how the EU overcame or failed to overcome the numerous barriers blocking democratic progress. The book features studies on Slovakia, Romania, Croatia, Turkey, Ukraine, Morocco and Latvia.

Author : Erik O. Eriksen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199572519

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The Unfinished Democratization of Europe by Erik O. Eriksen Pdf

The widening and deepening of the European Union have brought to the fore the question of democracy at the European level. This book contributes to democratic theory under conditions of globalization and complex interdependence as well as to the understanding of the EU from a democratic point of view.

Author : Jaap Hoeksma
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-23
Category : Democratization
ISBN : 9462363404

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The Democratisation of the European Union by Jaap Hoeksma Pdf

The democratisation of the EU is a fascinating process with an unforeseen outcome: the European Union is emerging as a new kind of international organisation with an equally innovative model of governance. Seventy years after the start of European integration, this book reveals that the determination to lay the foundations for an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe has not led to the creation of a federal state or a confederal association of states. Instead, the EU has evolved over the decades from a union of democratic states to a European democracy. At present, the EU can be characterised as a 'democratic union of democratic states', while it may be regarded from the global perspective as a 'democratic regional organisation'. The outcome of the EU's drive towards ever closer union is as consequential for the study of public law and the humanities as the replacement of the Ptolemaic world vision with the heliocentric view of Copernicus and Galilei has been for science. For the first time since the start of the Early Modern Era, states have broken the vicious circle of war by pooling sovereignty. While the European states learned the hard way in the 20th century that their continent had become too small for absolute sovereignty, the superpowers of the 21st century should perceive the global dangers of climate change, pandemics and nuclear proliferation as warning signals that the world has become too small for unrestrained exercise of absolute sovereignty too.

Author : Andreas Follesdal,Peter Koslowski
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783662036228

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Democracy and the European Union by Andreas Follesdal,Peter Koslowski Pdf

The European Union is a new subject for theories of legitimacy, posing fundamental questions to the established concepts and principles of democratic theory. General compliance and popular acceptance and respect for European law is at stake. The volume addresses the main challenges of the European Union to democratic theory. The legitimacy of such transnational institutions born by political integration has so far received some but scant attention. The mere existence of the Union proves that the sovereign state cannot remain the sole focus of normative reflection. Indeed, the very conception of sovereignty is at stake. The present volume combines political science and normative political theory to offer concepts, arguments and criteria that further these debates, addressing problems of principle.

Author : Philippe C. Schmitter,José I. Torreblanca
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Europe
ISBN : STANFORD:36105073066065

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Old "foundations" and New "rules" for an Enlarged European Union by Philippe C. Schmitter,José I. Torreblanca Pdf

Author : Jürgen Grote,Bernard Gbikpi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783663110033

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Participatory Governance by Jürgen Grote,Bernard Gbikpi Pdf

Während der Governance-Begriff wissenschaftlich als konsolidiert gelten dürfte, gibt es Probleme bei der praktischen Umsetzung der mit ihm verbundenen Idee. Das englischsprachige Buch misst einige der im "Whitebook on Governance" der EU-Kommission angesprochenen Problemfelder aus und trägt so zur Operationalisierung des Begriffes bei.

Author : Erik O. Eriksen
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191571473

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The Unfinished Democratization of Europe by Erik O. Eriksen Pdf

The widening and deepening of the European Union have brought to the fore the question of democracy at the European level. The system of domination already in place at the European level requires and aspires to direct legitimation - from the citizens themselves and not merely indirect, derived from the Member Nation States. Such can only be achieved by making the EU into a democratic polity. But can democracy be disassociated from its putative nation-state foundation? A revised concept of democratic legitimacy based on discourse theory is developed. It is argued that post-national democracy requires a constitution but not necessarily a state. The Union amounts to less than a state but more than an international organisation and a system of transnational governance. In the political theory of the multilevel constellation that makes up the EU, it is conceived of as a regional subset of an emerging cosmopolitan order. The EU is a state-less government. As it is not premised on group identity, it is able to accommodate a high measure of variance with regard to territory and function. The book analyzes the reforms undertaken to bring the EU 'closer to the citizens'. It documents elements of democratization and reduction of arbitrary power. However, democracy requires that the citizens can approve or reject the laws they are subjected to. Since the institutional as well as the civic conditions under which a public justification process would be deemed legitimate are not in place, European post-national democracy remains an unaccomplished mission.

Author : Alex Warleigh
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 41,9 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 : Dennis Patterson,Anna Södersten
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781119037651

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A Companion to European Union Law and International Law by Dennis Patterson,Anna Södersten Pdf

Featuring contributions from renowned scholars, A Companion to European Union Law and International Law presents a comprehensive and authoritative collection of essays that addresses all of the most important topics on European Union and international law. Integrates the fields of European Union law and international law, revealing both the similarities and differences Features contributions from renowned scholars in the fields of EU law and international law Covers a broad range of topical issues, including trade, institutional decision-making, the European Court of Justice, democracy, human rights, criminal law, the EMU, and many others

Author : Michelle Cini
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199281954

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European Union Politics by Michelle Cini Pdf

With its established authority and reputation, the new edition is an invaluable resource. Michelle Cini has brought together a team of international contributors, each specialising in a different field of EU politics. The book is divided into five parts and deals with the history of the European integration process, theories of European integration, the European institutions, a selectnumber of European policy areas, and issues of relevance to the study of EU politics. The second edition has been updated throughout to reflect recent developments, and there are four new chapters on the constitutional treaty, CFSP and ESDP, the single market, and public opinion. This books is supported by a cutting-edge Online Resource Centre. Student resources: Interactive timeline (BRAND NEW HE ONLINE RESOURCE) Interactive map of Europe with facts, key dates and web links for all the EU countries (BRAND NEW HE ONLINE RESOURCE) Maps Case studiesWeb links Information on key articles and books Flashcard glossary Multiple Choice Questions Lecturer resources: PowerPoint slides