Europe: Project and Process: Citizens, Democracy, Participation

ISBN-13: 9782875741905 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 173 str.

Susana del Rio Villar

Opis

With this book the author wants to convey the relevance of two vectors that are part of the European integration and the EU s personality: the value to be both project and process. The key themes of the book are European supranational democracy; the participation of the civil society in the EU; the interaction between European citizens and the European institutions; education as a key element of active citizenship; solidarity, participation, and communication -in European-; and the necessary formulation of what Dr. Susana del Rio calls: a new European politics, where a shared responsibility is fundamental to the achievement of a quality European democracy. The author emphasizes that, to restore public credibility in politics, representative democracy has to lead the way, as representative democracy is complemented by participatory democracy."

Spis treści

Content: European project and European process - Civil society participation in the European Union - EU communication - How to communicate Europe to the citizens - European citizenship - Solidarity, Citizens involvement in the European project - New European politics - European Parliament elections - Active citizenship - Representative democracy complemented by the participative democracy - European Integration Process - European History.

O autorze

Susana del Río Villar has a BA in History, PhD Cum Laude in Political Science and received the Extraordinary Doctorate Award in Social Sciences and Law. She is a member of the Committee of Independent Experts of the European Commission «Citizens Democracy and Governance» and is author and director of the project «Upgrading Europe». She is also the author of several books and numerous publications on citizenship participation in the EU.