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Titolo: | The illusion of accountability in the European Union / / edited by Sverker Gustavsson, Christer Karlsson, and Thomas Persson |
Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Routledge, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
Disciplina: | 352.3/52114 |
352.35094 | |
352.352114 | |
Soggetto topico: | Representative government and representation - European Union countries |
Transparency in government - European Union countries | |
Political participation - European Union countries | |
Civil society - European Union countries | |
Soggetto non controllato: | european union |
accountibility | |
Altri autori: | GustavssonSverker <1940-> KarlssonChrister PerssonThomas |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 Examining the illusion of accountability; 2 Accountability in world politics; 3 Accountability and democracy; 4 Putting limits on accountability avoidance; 5 Irretrievable powers and democratic accountability; 6 EU treaty reform and accountability; 7 Delegation to the permanent representation and mechanisms of accountability; 8 European intelligence cooperation and accountability; 9 Executive power and accountability in the European Union; 10 The European Central Bank - independent and accountable? |
11 Civil society participation and accountability12 Improving accountability in the European Union - the potential role of NGOs; 13 Taking accountability seriously; Bibliography; Index | |
Sommario/riassunto: | This book examines accountability in the EU from different perspectives and considers whether EU citizens have real opportunities for holding decision-makers accountable. This book critically analyses five arguments which claim there are sufficient means for holding decision-makers to account in the Union. The authors examine:The argument that we should rethink the meaning of accountability in the EU context The claim that there is no accountability deficit in the EU because member states have the power to retrieve all delegated competencies< |
Titolo autorizzato: | The illusion of accountability in the European Union |
ISBN: | 1-135-22058-1 |
1-135-22059-X | |
0-415-84829-6 | |
1-282-25701-3 | |
9786612257018 | |
0-203-87471-4 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910169194603321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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