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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822611203321

Titolo

Democracy in the European Union : integration through deliberation? / / edited by Erik Oddvar Eriksen and John Erik Fossum

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2000

ISBN

1-86064-598-4

1-134-58992-1

1-134-58993-X

0-203-46512-1

1-280-31780-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (325 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

EriksenErik Oddvar <1955->

FossumJohn Erik

Disciplina

321.8094

341.242/2

Soggetti

Democracy

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. [270]-297) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Preface; Post-national integration; Beyond the nation-state? On some consequences of economic globalization; Deliberative supranationalism in the EU; The uses of democracy: reflections on the European democratic deficit; Subsidiarity and democratic deliberation; Constitution-making in the European Union; The anonymous hand of public reason: interparliamentary discourse and the quest for legitimacy; Challenging the bureaucratic challenge; Demanding public deliberation: the Council of Ministers;  some lessons from the Anglo-American history

Can the European Union become a sphere of publics?Indigenous rights and the limitations of the nation-state; Conclusion: legitimation through deliberation; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index;

Sommario/riassunto

How can we explain the type of cooperation that the EU is based on?  What are the integrative forces in the EU? This is a presentation of a theoretical approach which enables us to think of democracy at a supra-national level.