03924oam 2200805I 450 991016919460332120200520144314.01-135-22058-11-135-22059-X0-415-84829-61-282-25701-397866122570180-203-87471-410.4324/9780203874714 (CKB)1000000000773508(EBL)446596(OCoLC)449187624(SSID)ssj0000176380(PQKBManifestationID)11171899(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000176380(PQKBWorkID)10207466(PQKB)10233736(Au-PeEL)EBL446596(CaPaEBR)ebr10326779(CaONFJC)MIL225701(OCoLC)449187624 (MiAaPQ)EBC446596(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/37854(EXLCZ)99100000000077350820180706d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe illusion of accountability in the European Union /edited by Sverker Gustavsson, Christer Karlsson, and Thomas PerssonNew York :Routledge,2009.1 online resource (209 p.)Routledge advances in European politicsDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-50277-2 0-415-48099-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 Examining the illusion of accountability; 2 Accountability in world politics; 3 Accountability and democracy; 4 Putting limits on accountability avoidance; 5 Irretrievable powers and democratic accountability; 6 EU treaty reform and accountability; 7 Delegation to the permanent representation and mechanisms of accountability; 8 European intelligence cooperation and accountability; 9 Executive power and accountability in the European Union; 10 The European Central Bank - independent and accountable?11 Civil society participation and accountability12 Improving accountability in the European Union - the potential role of NGOs; 13 Taking accountability seriously; Bibliography; IndexThis book examines accountability in the EU from different perspectives and considers whether EU citizens have real opportunities for holding decision-makers accountable. This book critically analyses five arguments which claim there are sufficient means for holding decision-makers to account in the Union. The authors examine:The argument that we should rethink the meaning of accountability in the EU context The claim that there is no accountability deficit in the EU because member states have the power to retrieve all delegated competencies<Routledge advances in European politics.Representative government and representationEuropean Union countriesTransparency in governmentEuropean Union countriesPolitical participationEuropean Union countriesCivil societyEuropean Union countrieseuropean unionaccountibilityRepresentative government and representationTransparency in governmentPolitical participationCivil society352.3/52114352.35094352.352114Gustavsson Sverker1940-265656Karlsson Christer902356Persson Thomas791540European Union.FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910169194603321The illusion of accountability in the European Union2017032UNINA