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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778316203321

Titolo

The European Union, how democratic is it? / / edited by Svein S. Andersen and Kjell A. Eliassen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : SAGE Publications, , 1995

ISBN

1-4462-7943-X

1-282-26277-7

1-84920-712-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 295 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

AndersenSvein S. <1952->

EliassenKjell A

Disciplina

341.2422

Soggetti

Democracy - Europe

Europe Politics and government 1989-

European Union countries Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 - Introduction:Dilemmas, Contradictions and the Future of European Democracy; Part I: Numerical Democracy, Corporative Pluralism and Lobbying in European Politics; 2 - Euro-parties and European Parties: New Arenas, New Challenges and New Strategies; 3 - EU-Lobbying: Between Representativity and Effectiveness; 4 - The Modern West European State and the European Union: Democratic Erosion or a New Kind of Polity?; Part II: EU Policy-making and National Institutions; 5 - The French EU Decision-making:Between Destabilisation and Adaptation

6 - European Union Policy-making and National Institutions - the Case of Belgium 7 - Italy: in Need of More EU Democracy; Part III: European Institutions: Legitimacy and Democracy; 8 - The Role of the Commission; 9 - The Role of the Council; 10 - Voting Power Under the EU Constitution; 11 - The European Parliament; Part IV: The Future of EU Democracy; 12 - The European Union: 1996 and Beyond - a Personal View from the Side-line; 13 - The European Union and the Erosion of Parliamentary Democracy: A Study of Post-parliamentary Governance; 14 - Democracy: Traditional Concerns in New Institutional



Settings; About the Contributors; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Taking as its starting point the major issues of democracy which are the ongoing concerns of every liberal Western political system, this volume offers a wide-ranging review of democracy in the European Union. It treats the EU as a new type of political system within the tradition of parliamentary democracies, a system which is neither federal nor intergovernmental, and which consequently has unique problems of how to handle democratic requirements.    Part One deals with the two major challenges of interest articulation in the EU, political parties and lobbying.