Regional Integration and Democracy - Expanding on the European Experience

This ambitious and original work explores the complex interrelationship between democracy and regional integration. Its empirical center of gravity rests in Europe, yet the volume shifts the common terms of discussion on integration and democracy by including case studies outside of Europe and by exploring a broader range of themes, especially the fate of domestic institutions and processes in an integrating milieu. This novel focus also enriches the contributors' fresh analysis of the European Union's democratic deficit, the impact of regional integration on national democracy, and the dynamic interactions between democracy and integration elsewhere in the world.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction Part 2 European Integration and Democracy Chapter 3 Locating the Emerging European Polity: Beyond States or State? Chapter 4 Legitimacy and Democracy: Endogenous Limits of European Integration Chapter 5 Territorial Identities in the European Union Part 6 European Integration and the Nation-State Chapter 7 Portugal: Democracy through Europe Chapter 8 Hungary: Europeanization Without EU Leadership? Chapter 9 Francy and the United Kingdom: The dilemmas of Integration and National Democracy Chapter 10 Germany: Between Unification and Union Chapter 11 Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Italy: Does Market Integration Affect Democractic Structures? Part 12 From European Integration to Regional Integration Chapter 13 NAFTA and the EU: Toward Convergence? Chapter 14 Mercosur: Democratic Stability and Economic Integration in South America Chapter 15 Conclusion Chapter 16 Bibliography Chapter 17 Index Chapter 18 About the Editors and Contributors

About the author

Edited by Jeffrey J. Anderson - Contributions by José Augusto Guilhon Albuquerque; António Barreto; Thomas J. Biersteker; Péter Gedeon; Jack Hayward; Paulette Kurzer; Gary Marks; Wolfgang Merkel and Gustavo Vega-Cánovas

Summary

This work explores the interrelationship between democracy and regional integration. Although centred in Europe, the volume shifts terms of discussion on integration and democracy by including case studies outside of Europe.

Product details

• Assisted by: Jeffrey Anderson (Editor), Jeffrey J Anderson (Editor), Jeffrey J. Anderson (Editor), Anderson Jeffrey J. (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.03.1999
• EAN: 9780847690251
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-9025-1
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: Governance in Europe Series; Governance in Europe (Paperbac; Governance in Europe (Paperbac; Governance in Europe Series; Governance in Europe
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Europe, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Political structures: democracy, EU (European Union), International institutions, EU & European institutions