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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815554403321

Autore

Abromeit Heidrun

Titolo

Democracy in Europe : legitimising politics in a non-state polity / / Heidrun Abromeit

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford : , : Berghahn Books, , 1998

ISBN

1-57181-985-1

1-78238-800-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Disciplina

320.8/094

Soggetti

Democracy - European Union countries

Political participation - European Union countries

Legitimacy of governments - European Union countries

Referendum - European Union countries

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 (pages 170-176) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Democracy in Europe; Table of Contents; Foreword; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Incompatibilities; 3. Inadequate Solutions; 4. In Search of an Adequate Model; 5. A Proposal for the Democratisation of the EU; 6. Major Objections; 7. Models and Realities; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Since the beginning of the European Community students of international politics and of international, resp. Constitutional law, have been wondering what kind of animal it is, and will be, once integration has been completed. Whereas the EC Treaty of 1957 stressed the economic aspects and envisioned a steady and dynamic progress towards a Single Market, it was conspicuously silent about the political implications of integration and the new democratic order. What is needed, so the author argues in this powerful and original contribution to the debate on democratisation of the European Union, i