Democratizing the European Union: Issues for the Twenty-first Century

ISBN-13: 9781412805698 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 228 str.

Catherine Hoskyns; Michael Newman

Opis

The European Union's "democratic defi cit," and ways that might be found to resolve it, are hot issues in both academic debate and practical politics. Democratizing the European Union offers a fresh approach to the subject by bringing together a diverse range of authors who have been actively involved either in analyzing the activities of the European Union or participating in them. It goes beyond a primarily institutional approach by highlighting issues having to do with values, participation, and exclusion.

Spis treści

1: Introduction; 2: Social solidarity in the Delors period: barriers to participation; 3: Reconciling suprastatism and accountability: a view from Sweden; 4: A Europe of the peoples? – New Labour and democratizing the EU; 5: How democratic is the European Parliament?; 6: Controlling Monetary Union; 7: Eastern enlargement and democracy; 8: Democratization: a constitutionalizing process; 9: Democratizing the EU: evidence and argument

O autorze

Catherine Hoskyns