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Autore: | Thomassen J. J. A. |
Titolo: | Citizens and the legitimacy of the European Union / / J. Thomassen |
Pubblicazione: | The Hague : , : WRR, Scientific Council for Government Policy, , 2007 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (56 pages) : digital file(s) |
Soggetto topico: | Representative government and representation - European Union countries |
Soggetto geografico: | European Union countries Politics and government Public opinion |
Netherlands Relations European Union | |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Nota di contenuto: | 1. Introduction -- 2. Legitimacy and the quality of democracy --3. Trust in political institutions -- 4. Performance and spill over effects -- 5. Political representation and accountability -- 6. Electoral democracy is not everything -- 7. In conclusion |
Sommario/riassunto: | "Recent developments, in particular the overwhelming majority voting rejecting the draft constitutional treaty in the referendum in 2005 have been a reason to question the traditional strong support of the Dutch population for European Unification. The very legitimacy of the European project all of a sudden seems to be questioned. Against this background this paper will try to make a systematic assessment of the legitimacy of the Union from a Dutch perspective. However, it should be obvious that such an assessment almost by definition asks for a European perspective. Therefore, whenever appropriate, we will work from a European or comparative perspective in order to come to a better understanding of the legitimacy problem from a purely Dutch perspective. In order to being able to make such an assessment we will first develop a conceptual framework and a number of evaluation criteria. In subsequent sections of the paper we will then assess the legitimacy of the Union according to each of these criteria." -- Introduction. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Citizens and the legitimacy of the European Union |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910220546703321 |
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