The European Union : how democratic is it?

著者

• Andersen, Svein S.
• Eliassen, Kjell A.

書誌事項

The European Union : how democratic is it?

edited by Svein S. Andersen and Kjell A. Eliassen

Sage Publications, 1996

• : hbk
• : pbk

注記

Bibliography: p. [273]-292

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Taking as its starting point the major issues of democracy which are the ongoing concerns of every liberal Western political system, this volume offers a wide-ranging review of democracy in the European Union. It treats the EU as a new type of political system within the tradition of parliamentary democracies, a system which is neither federal nor intergovernmental, and which consequently has unique problems of how to handle democratic requirements. Part One deals with the two major challenges of interest articulation in the EU, political parties and lobbying. The second part discusses how democracy becomes the key element in the linkage between the EU and its member states, focusing on France, Italy and Belgium where the relation to the EU constitutes an important part of the national democratic debate. The third part focuses on democratic aspects of key EU institutions - the European Council, the European Commission and the European Parliament. The final part looks at democracy in relation to possible EU development generally, and in the context of societal change which may tend to undermine the role of parliamentary institutions.

目次

Introduction - Svein S Andersen and Kjell A Eliassen Dilemmas, Contradictions and the Future of European Democracy PART ONE: NUMERICAL DEMOCRACY, CORPORATIVE PLURALISM AND LOBBYING IN EUROPEAN POLITICS Euro-Parties and European Parties - Mogens N Pedersen New Arenas, New Challenges and New Strategies EU-Lobbying - Svein S Andersen and Kjell A Eliassen Between Representativity and Effectiveness The Modern West European State and the European Union - Wolgang Wessels Democratic Erosion or a New Kind of Polity? PART TWO: EU POLICY-MAKING AND NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS The French EU Decision-Making - Christian Lequesne Between Destablization and Adaptation European Policy-Making and National Institutions - The Case of Belgium - Cecilia Andersen Italy - Federiga Maria Bindi In Need of More EU Democracy PART THREE: EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS: LEGITIMACY AND DEMOCRACY The Role of the Commission - Finn Laursen The Role of the Council - Fiona Hayes-Renshaw Voting Power under the EU Constitution - Jan E Lane, Reinert Moeland and Sven Berg The European Parliament - Juliet Lodge PART FOUR: THE FUTURE OF EU DEMOCRACY The European Union - Rolf Gustavsson 1996 and beyond a Personal View from the Side-Line The European Union and the Erosion of Parliamentary Democracy - Svein S Andersen and Tom Burns A Study of Post-Parliamentary Governance Democracy - Svein S Andersen and Kjell A Eliassen Traditional Concerns in New Institutional Settings

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA27339638
• ISBN:
  • 0761951121
  • 076195113X
• LCCN: 96123116
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif.
• ページ数/冊数: vi, 295 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • NDC9 : 319.3
• 件名:
  • LCSH : European Union