Political responsibility and the European Union [[electronic resource] /] / Myrto Tsakatika

• Autore: Tsakatika Myrto
• Pubblicazione: Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press; New York, : Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (161 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.011
• Soggetto topico: Legitimacy of governments - European Union countries; Constitutional law - European Union countries
• Soggetto geografico: European Union countries Politics and government
• Soggetto non controllato: Alasdair MacIntyre; European Union; European governance; accountability; institutional choice; political community; political legitimacy; political responsibility; responsibility deficit; transparency
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [132]-144) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: European Union in perspective : the legacy of Jean Monnet -- Political responsibility and legitimate governance -- Accountability -- Identifiability -- Openness -- Conclusions.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book addresses the question of political legitimacy in the European Union from the much neglected angle of political responsibility. It develops an original communitarian approach to legitimacy based on Alasdair MacIntyre's ethics of virtues and practices, that can be contrasted with prevalent liberal-egalitarian and neo-republican approaches. Tsakatika argues that a 'responsibility deficit', quite distinct from the often discussed 'democratic deficit', can be diagnosed in the European Union. This is documented in chapters that provide in-depth analysis of accountability, transparency and
• Titolo autorizzato: Political responsibility and the European Union
• ISBN: 1-84779-676-1; 1-78170-162-8; 1-84779-236-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791946103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II