02709nam 2200613 a 450 991045455770332120200520144314.00-7619-7280-31-282-02064-197866120206431-84920-280-X(CKB)1000000000716327(EBL)420955(OCoLC)476254728(SSID)ssj0000136520(PQKBManifestationID)11157252(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000136520(PQKBWorkID)10083177(PQKB)10065152(MiAaPQ)EBC420955(OCoLC)1007859312(StDuBDS)EDZ0000067626(Au-PeEL)EBL420955(CaPaEBR)ebr10285247(CaONFJC)MIL202064(EXLCZ)99100000000071632720120405d2003 fy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDemocracy and the European Union[electronic resource] theory, practice and reform /Alex WarleighLondon SAGEc20031 online resource (166 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4462-2114-8 0-7619-7281-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [131]-149) and index.Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface: Thoughts of a Critical European; 1 Introductory Overview: The 'Democratic Deficit' and the Normative Turn in European Union Studies; 2 Bringing Functionalism Back In: Critical Deliberativism, Liberal Democracy and The Democratic Deficit; 3 Reconfiguring Sovereignty: Subsidiarity and Flexibility; 4 Institutional Reform:The Paradoxical Case of the European Parliament; 5 Increasing EU Scope and Powers: The Cases of Environment and Regional Policies; 6 Demos Construction: The Arrested Development of European Citizenship; Bibliography; IndexThis book comprehensively reviews one of the most salient on-going debates at the heart of the EU today, democratic reform. It provides an evaluation of how democracy might best be defined in the transnational context of the EU and explores the key strategies that have been deployed to enhance the EU's democracy.DemocracyEuropean Union countriesDemocratizationEuropean Union countriesElectronic books.DemocracyDemocratization321.8094Warleigh Alex866330StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910454557703321Democracy and the European Union2477631UNINA