03360nam 2200553Ia 450 991082875860332120241226110721.09781446279434144627943X9781282262775128226277797818492071261849207127(CKB)1000000000790821(EBL)456730(OCoLC)464618682(OCoLC)1261028858(FINmELB)ELB145880(MiAaPQ)EBC456730205384(EXLCZ)99100000000079082119960411d1996 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe European Union how democratic is it? /edited by Svein S. Andersen and Kjell A. EliassenLondon ;Thousand Oaks, CA Sage19961 online resource (vi, 295 pages) illustrations9780761951131 076195113X Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-292) and index.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 Governance; 14 - Democracy: Traditional Concerns in New Institutional Settings; About 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.DemocracyEuropeEuropean Union countriesPolitics and governmentDemocracy341.2422Andersen Svein S.1952-1606653Eliassen Kjell A148880MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828758603321The European Union4202527UNINA