03231nam 22005413u 450 991045512900332120210106211642.01-4462-7943-X1-282-26277-71-84920-712-7(CKB)1000000000790821(EBL)456730(OCoLC)464618682(MiAaPQ)EBC456730(EXLCZ)99100000000079082120130418d1995|||| u|| |engtxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe European Union How Democratic Is It?London SAGE Publications19951 online resource (305 pages)Description based upon print version of record.0-7619-5113-X Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 - Introduction:Dilemmas, Contradictions and the Future of European Democracy; Part I: Numerical Democracy, Corporative Pluralism and Lobbying in European Politics; 2 - Euro-parties and European Parties: New Arenas, New Challenges and New Strategies; 3 - EU-Lobbying: Between Representativity and Effectiveness; 4 - The Modern West European State and the European Union: Democratic Erosion or a New Kind of Polity?; Part II: EU Policy-making and National Institutions; 5 - The French EU Decision-making:Between Destabilisation and Adaptation6 - European Union Policy-making and National Institutions - the Case of Belgium 7 - Italy: in Need of More EU Democracy; Part III: European Institutions: Legitimacy and Democracy; 8 - The Role of the Commission; 9 - The Role of the Council; 10 - Voting Power Under the EU Constitution; 11 - The European Parliament; Part IV: The Future of EU Democracy; 12 - The European Union: 1996 and Beyond - a Personal View from the Side-line; 13 - The European Union and the Erosion of Parliamentary Democracy: A Study of Post-parliamentary Governance14 - Democracy: Traditional Concerns in New Institutional SettingsAbout the Contributors; Bibliography; IndexTaking as its starting point the major issues of democracy which are the ongoing concerns of every liberal Western political system, this volume offers a wide-ranging review of democracy in the European Union. It treats the EU as a new type of political system within the tradition of parliamentary democracies, a system which is neither federal nor intergovernmental, and which consequently has unique problems of how to handle democratic requirements. Part One deals with the two major challenges of interest articulation in the EU, political parties and lobbying. The second part discDemocracyEuropeDemocracyDemocracyEuropean Union countriesElectronic books.DemocracyDemocracy.Democracy.European Union countries.341.2422Andersen Svein S.1952-915745Eliassen Kjell A148880AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910455129003321The European Union2052889UNINA