Centripetal Democracy - Democratic Legitimacy Political Identity in Belgium, Switzerland,

Zusatztext The book covers a lot of conceptual and empirical ground. It offers a rich analysis of the democratic challenges facing the European Union and a tightly argued case for why democratic legitimacy is important and how it could be achieved. ... this is a stimulating book that deserves to be read by all those interested in the future of the European Union. Informationen zum Autor Joseph Lacey is the Junior Research Fellow in Politics at University College, and affiliated with the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford. He holds a PhD from the European University Institute's Department of Political and Social Sciences. Klappentext This volume offers a model of democratic legitimacy for the European Union. Zusammenfassung This volume offers a model of democratic legitimacy for the European Union. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part One: Democratic Legitimacy and Political Identity 1: Democratic Process and Democratic Purpose 2: The Democratic Enactment of Representation Part Two: Democratic Legitimacy and Political Identity in the EU 3: A Conceptual Map of the EU 4: A Democratic Assessment of European Demoi-cracy Part Three: Testing the Lingua Franca Thesis - Belgium and Switzerland Compared 5: Belgium Versus the Lingua Franca Thesis 6: Switzerland Versus the Lingua Franca Thesis Part Four: Implications for Democratic Legitimacy and Political Identity in the EU 7: Modelling Centripetal Democracy for the EU The Argument in Summary

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• Authors: Joseph Lacey, Joseph (Junior Research Fellow in Politics Lacey, Lacey Joseph
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.04.2017
• EAN: 9780198796886
• ISBN: 978-0-19-879688-6
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Political science & theory, Political structures: democracy, Comparative Politics, Political science and theory, EU (European Union), International institutions, EU & European institutions