
Democracy and the European Union
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 9. December 2010
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X, 309 pages
978-3-642-08333-4 (ISBN)
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The volume at hand contains invited papers addressing the normative is- sues of democracy and the European Union. Most papers were fIrst discussed at the conference "Democracy and the European Union", held in Oslo on Au- gust 8-10, 1996, with the support of the Norwegian research programme Ad- vanced Research on the Europeanisation of the Nation-State (ARENA). The editors wish to thank the organisers and participants of the Oslo con- ference. They are grateful to Kristin Johansen and Simen Brrein for managing the conference, to Anna Maria Hauk and Victoria Pogosian for professional assistance with the manuscript, and to Andreas Holm Bakke and Torstein Buggeland for generating the index. Hannover, Germany, and Oslo, Norway, May 1997 Peter Koslowski Andreas F011esdal Contents Preface ...V PETER KOSWWSKI, ANDREAS F0LlESDAL Democracy and the European Union: Challenges ANDREAS F0LlESDAL...1 Part A EU Institutions Chapter 1 Is it Really Possible to Democratize the Euro-Polity? PHILIPPE C. SCHMITTER ...13 Chapter 2 Democracy and Governance in the European Union MARKUS JACHTENFUCHS ...37 Chapter 3 Democratic Legitimacy and the Role of the Commission JANNE:HAALAND MA'ILARY ...*...**. *. *...6
5 CONTENTS Chapter 4 The EU Intergovernmental Conference 1996/97: The Moment of Constitutional Choice for a Democratic Europe? MICHAEL NENTWICH ...81 Chapter 5 Double Asymmetry as Normative Challenge SVERKERGUSTAVSSON ...108 PartB Historical and Comparative Perspectives Chapter 6 Democracy in Multicultural Societies and Multinational Settings RUSSELL L. HANSON ...135 Chapter 7 How to Create Supra-National Institutions Democratically.
5 CONTENTS Chapter 4 The EU Intergovernmental Conference 1996/97: The Moment of Constitutional Choice for a Democratic Europe? MICHAEL NENTWICH ...81 Chapter 5 Double Asymmetry as Normative Challenge SVERKERGUSTAVSSON ...108 PartB Historical and Comparative Perspectives Chapter 6 Democracy in Multicultural Societies and Multinational Settings RUSSELL L. HANSON ...135 Chapter 7 How to Create Supra-National Institutions Democratically.
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Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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X, 309 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
487 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-642-08333-4 (9783642083334)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-662-03622-8
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Content
Democracy and the European Union: Challenges.- A EU Institutions.- 1 Is it Really Possible to Democratize the Euro-Polity?.- 2 Democracy and Governance in the European Union.- 3 Democratic Legitimacy and the Role of the Commission.- 4 The EU Intergovernmental Conference 1996/97: The Moment of Constitutional Choice for a Democratic Europe?.- 5 Double Asymmetry as Normative Challenge.- B Historical and Comparative Perspectives.- 6 Democracy in Multicultural Societies and Multinational Settings.- 7 How to Create Supra-National Institutions Democratically. Some Reflections on the European Union's 'Democratic Deficit'.- C Political Theory for the European Union.- 8 The Problem of Autonomy and Democracy in a Complex Polity: the European Union.- 9 Individuality and the EU Project.- 10 Fatherland Europe? On European and National Identity and Democratic Sovereignty.- 11 Democracy and Federalism in the European Union.- 12 The Normative Challenge of a European Polity: Cosmopolitan and Communitarian Models Compared, Criticised and Combined.- D Conclusion.- 13 Should the European Union Become More Democratic?.- List of Authors.- Index of Names.