Democracy in the European Union - Theory, Practice and Reform

Informationen zum Autor Alex Warleigh-Lack is Professor of Politics and International Relations at Brunel University, having previously taught at the universities of Reading, Queen’s Belfast and Limerick. Klappentext This book comprehensively reviews one of the most salient, ongoing debates at the heart of the European Union (EU) today: democratic reform. Zusammenfassung This book comprehensively reviews one of the most salient! ongoing debates at the heart of the European Union (EU) today: democratic reform. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introductory Overview The `Democratic Deficit¿ and the Normative Turn in European Union Studies Bringing Functionalism Back In Critical Deliberativism, Liberal Democracy and the Democratic Deficit Reconfiguring Sovereignty Subsidiarity and Flexibility Institutional Reform The Paradoxical Case of the European Parliament Increasing EU Scope and Powers The Cases of Environment and Regional Policies Demos Construction The Arrested Development of European Citizenship Conclusions Towards Substantive Democracy in the European Union

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• Authors: Alex Warleigh, Alex J F Warleigh-Lack, Alex J. F. Warleigh-Lack, Alex J.f. Warleigh-Lack
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.03.2003
• EAN: 9780761972815
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-7281-5
• No. of pages: 156
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Political structures: democracy, EU (European Union), International institutions, EU & European institutions, EU Politics