European Union - Democratic Principles Institutional Architectures in Times of Crisis

Informationen zum Autor Simona Piattoni (BA/MA Economics, Bocconi University; PhD Political Science, MIT) is Professor of Political Science at the Department of Sociology and Social Research of the University of Trento, Italy. Klappentext This volume seeks to answer the question 'Which institutional architecture for which kind of democracy for the EU?' and discusses a series of institutional architectures in light of the democratic quality of the processes and decisions generated by them. Zusammenfassung This volume seeks to answer the question 'Which institutional architecture for which kind of democracy for the EU?' and discusses a series of institutional architectures in light of the democratic quality of the processes and decisions generated by them. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART I - Introduction 1: Simona Piattoni: The European Union: Legitimating Values, Democratic Principles and Institutional Architectures PART II - Democratic Principles 2: John Erik Fossum and Johannes Pollak: Which Democratic Principles for the European Union? What Deficit? 3: Hans Agné: Popular Power in the European Union: Delegated or Alienated? 4: Ben Crum and Deirdre Curtin: The Challenge of Making European Union Executive Power Accountable 5: Stijn Smismans: Democratic Participation and the Search for a European Union Institutional Architecture that Accommodates Interests and Expertise 6: Sandra Kröger: Democratic Representation as the Normative and Organizing Principle of the European Union PART III - Institutional Architectures 7: Kalypso Nicolaidis: Demoicratic Theory and Europe's Institutional Architecture in Times of Crisis 8: Michael Burgess: Federal Imperatives in the Institutional Evolution of the European Union 9: Sergio Fabbrini: Alternative Views: Which Institutional Architecture for a Political Union? 10: Arthur Benz: Multilevel Governance in the European Union: Loosely-Coupled Arenas of Representation, Participation and Accountability 11: Jürgen Neyer: Empowering the Sovereign: National Parliaments in European Union Monetary and Financial Policy PART IV - Conclusion 12: Simona Piattoni: European Union Institutional Architectures: Structural Tensions, Dynamic Forces and the Advantages of Hapticity ...

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• Authors: Simona Piattoni, Simona (Professor of Politics Science Piattoni
• Assisted by: Simona Piattoni (Editor), Simona (Professor of Politics Science Piattoni (Editor), Piattoni Simona (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.07.2015
• EAN: 9780198716273
• ISBN: 978-0-19-871627-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, Political science & theory, Political structures: democracy, Comparative Politics, Political science and theory, EU (European Union), International institutions, EU & European institutions