Legitimating the European Union

Aspirations, Inputs and Performance

AvJ. Mather

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

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This is a study in EU legitimacy from the perspective of EU citizens. Mather argues that legitimacy is empirical: 'legitimacy only exists if people feel that it does' and that the EU is a unique and dynamic institution, hence legitimating factors are also evolutionary.

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Utgivningsdatum:2006-01-01
Mått:140 x 216 x 18 mm
Vikt:334 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:233
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781349515257

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JANET MATHER is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. She is the author of The European Union and British Democracy: Towards Convergence, and a number of journal articles. She has also contributed chapters to books edited by Neill Nugent, Juliet Lodge and Michael O'Neill amongst others.

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List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Legitimacy and Legitimation in the Old Europe Adapting Legitimacy to the European Union Liberal Representative Democracy and EU Legitimacy Acting and Interacting: Participatory Democracy and EU Legitimacy A Citizens' European Union The EU's External Performance Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index