Political Representation and European Union Governance

Informationen zum Autor Peter Mair is Professor of comparative politics at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. Jacques Thomassen is distinguished Professor of politics at the University of Twente, the Netherlands. Klappentext This book confronts and discusses different conceptions of political representation with respect to their application to the system of multi-level governance in the European Union. This book was based on a special issue of Journal of European Public Policy. Zusammenfassung This book confronts and discusses different conceptions of political representation with respect to their application to the system of multi-level governance in the European Union. This book was based on a special issue of Journal of European Public Policy. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Democracy without Democracy?: Can the EU’s Democratic ‘Outputs’ be Separated from the Democratic ‘Inputs’ Provided by Competitive Parties and Majority Rule? 2. Political Representation and Government in the European Union 3. The European Parliament: One Parliament, Several Modes of Political Representation on the Ground? 4. Consistent Choice Sets? The Stances of Political Parties towards European Integration in 10 Central East European Democracies, 2003-2007 5. With or Without You? Revisiting territorial state-bypassing in EU interest representation 6. Civil Society and EU Democracy: ‘Astroturf’ Representation? 7. The EU’s many Representative Modes: Colliding? Cohering?

Product details

• Authors: MAIR PETER THOMASSEN JACQUES
• Assisted by: Peter Mair (Editor), Jacques Thomassen (Editor), Thomassen Jacques (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.09.2010
• EAN: 9780415582940
• ISBN: 978-0-415-58294-0
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 242 mm x 14 mm
• Series: Journal of European Public Policy Special Issues as Books; Journal of European Public Policy Series; Journal of European Public Policy Series
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Political structures: democracy, International institutions