03527nam 2200745 a 450 991082227680332120200520144314.01-134-69016-91-138-97888-40-203-17719-31-134-69017-71-280-06715-210.4324/9780203177198 (CKB)1000000000006188(EBL)180003(OCoLC)437250790(SSID)ssj0000306362(PQKBManifestationID)11274826(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000306362(PQKBWorkID)10298166(PQKB)10405899(Au-PeEL)EBL180003(CaPaEBR)ebr2003856(CaONFJC)MIL6715(OCoLC)559124765(MiAaPQ)EBC180003(PPN)198458711(EXLCZ)99100000000000618819980504d1998 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrPolitical theory and the European union legitimacy, constitutional choice and citizenship /edited by Albert Weale and Michael Nentwich1st ed.London ;New York Routledge19981 online resource (220 p.)Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ;3Description based upon print version of record.0-203-28604-9 0-415-17313-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Series editor's preface; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Legitimacy and the European Union; 3 Democracy, legitimacy and majority rule in the European Union; 4 Between representation and constitutionalism in the European Union; 5 Defending the democratic deficit; 6 The European Union; 7 Legitimacy dilemmas of supranational governance; 8 How to democratise a multi-level, multi-dimensional polity; 9 Opportunity structures for citizens' participation; 10 The many democratic deficits of the European Union11 European Union citizenship as a model of citizenship beyond the nation state 12 European Union citizenship and supranational democracy; 13 Environmental protection in a liberal democratic Europe; IndexThe contributors to this book examine the issues of constitutional choice that face the governments and citizens of today's Europe. Divided into three sections this study addresses: questions of political legitimacy and the meaning of democratic deficit in the EU; the reality of what institutional reforms and decision making processes are possible; and the rights of citizenship and values that should be protected.Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ;3.Political participationEuropean Union countriesCitizenshipEuropean Union countriesLegitimacy of governmentsEuropean Union countriesDemocracyEuropean Union countriesPolitical participationCitizenshipLegitimacy of governmentsDemocracy320.44/09/049Weale Albert282360Nentwich Michael1964-319952MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822276803321Political theory and the European union4107750UNINA