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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454867003321

Titolo

The legitimacy of the European Union after enlargement [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jacques Thomassen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-26863-5

9786612268632

0-19-156962-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ThomassenJ. J. A

Disciplina

320.94

Soggetti

Legitimacy of governments - European Union countries

Electronic books.

European Union countries Politics and government 21st century

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. 245-262) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Contributors; Abbreviations; 1. The Legitimacy of the European Union after Enlargement; Part I: Political Representation in the European Union; Part II: Political Support for the European Union; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In 2004 the European Union was enlarged with ten new member states, eight of them previously communist states in Central and Eastern Europe. This enlargement was without precedent in the history of the Union and its predecessors. It is still to be seen how well the institutions as well as the citizens of the Union are able to cope with the consequences of this operation.The authors of this volume evaluate the effect of that enlargement on its legitimacy. They do so by assessing the effects of enlargement on the functioning of the process of political representation in the European Union and on