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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454557703321

Autore

Warleigh Alex

Titolo

Democracy and the European Union [[electronic resource] ] : theory, practice and reform / / Alex Warleigh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, c2003

ISBN

0-7619-7280-3

1-282-02064-1

9786612020643

1-84920-280-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (166 p.)

Disciplina

321.8094

Soggetti

Democracy - European Union countries

Democratization - European Union countries

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [131]-149) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface: Thoughts of a Critical European; 1 Introductory Overview: The 'Democratic Deficit' and the Normative Turn in European Union Studies; 2 Bringing Functionalism Back In: Critical Deliberativism, Liberal Democracy and The Democratic Deficit; 3 Reconfiguring Sovereignty: Subsidiarity and Flexibility; 4 Institutional Reform:The Paradoxical Case of the European Parliament; 5 Increasing EU Scope and Powers: The Cases of Environment and Regional Policies; 6 Demos Construction: The Arrested Development of European Citizenship; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book comprehensively reviews one of the most salient on-going debates at the heart of the EU today, democratic reform. It provides an evaluation of how democracy might best be defined in the transnational context of the EU and explores the key strategies that have been deployed to enhance the EU's democracy.