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Tsakatika Myrto |
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Titolo |
Political responsibility and the European Union [[electronic resource] /] / Myrto Tsakatika |
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Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press |
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New York, : Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-84779-676-1 |
1-78170-162-8 |
1-84779-236-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (161 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Legitimacy of governments - European Union countries |
Constitutional law - European Union countries |
European Union countries Politics and government |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [132]-144) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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European Union in perspective : the legacy of Jean Monnet -- Political responsibility and legitimate governance -- Accountability -- Identifiability -- Openness -- Conclusions. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book addresses the question of political legitimacy in the European Union from the much neglected angle of political responsibility. It develops an original communitarian approach to legitimacy based on Alasdair MacIntyre's ethics of virtues and practices, that can be contrasted with prevalent liberal-egalitarian and neo-republican approaches. Tsakatika argues that a 'responsibility deficit', quite distinct from the often discussed 'democratic deficit', can be diagnosed in the European Union. This is documented in chapters that provide in-depth analysis of accountability, transparency and |
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