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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816922203321

Titolo

Democratising the EU from below? : citizenship, civil society and the public sphere / / edited by Ulrike Liebert, Alexander Gattig, Tatjana Evas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham, England ; ; Burlington, Vt., : Ashgate, c2013

ISBN

1-315-57646-5

1-317-15295-6

1-317-15294-8

1-4094-6414-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Collana

Politics monographs

Altri autori (Persone)

LiebertUlrike

GattigAlexander

EvasTatjana

Disciplina

320.94

Soggetti

Political participation - European Union countries

Democratization - European Union countries

Civil society - 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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Graphs; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1 Democratising the EU from Below? Citizenship, Civil Society and the Public Sphere in Making Europe's Order; 2 Still 'between Eros and Civilisation'? Citizens, Courts and Constructing European Citizenship; 3 Disaffected Citizens? Why People Vote in National Referendums about EU Treaty Reform; 4 Ignorant Gatekeepers against the EU? National Political Parties in European Political Communication

5 Watch-dogs that Cannot Bite? New National Parliamentary Control Mechanisms under the Lisbon Treaty6 A Panacea for Democratic Legitimation? Assessing the Engagement of Civil Society with EU Treaty Reform Politics; 7 Still "Second Order?" Re-examining Citizens' Voting Behaviour in European and National Elections 1999-2009; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This original contribution to the debate about democratic citizenship vis-à-vis the challenges of economic globalization and European



political integration presents critical explorations of different fields of direct, representative, participatory and deliberative democratic citizenship practices that affect the transformation of Europe.