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Expertisation and Democracy in Europe
AvMagdalena Góra,Cathrine Holstm. fl.
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
680 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Expertisation and Democracy in Europe provides a much-needed account of the role and re-organisation of expertise and expert knowledge in Europe and the European Union in a broad range of policy spheres, contributing to the debate triggered by the recent crises. It brings novel perspectives to debates on technocracy and our understanding of the relations between knowledge, experts and democracy. The book explores and assesses new and old linkages between knowledge, expertise and democracy, and expands and deepens the current debates by addressing questions such as: What is the role of expertise in Europe? How is knowledge of different kinds embedded in and decisive for democratic practice in contemporary democracies? How are we to assess recent transformations of the expert-citizens and government-civil society relationships from the perspective of democracy, and which paths are viable in the years to come? Finally, the book engages with and gives flesh to the notion of expertisation not only as a broad political and societal diagnosis, but also as a multidimensional and deeply contested process that enfolds in concrete practices and institutional settings.This text will be of key interest to scholars and students of European studies, European and European Union politics, democracy, public policy, international relations, sociology, gender studies and media studies.
Developing a Constitution for Europe
AvErik Oddvar Eriksen,John Erik Fossumm. fl.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2004
692 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
The European Union is currently in the midst of a comprehensive process of reform and the aim of this book is to address the challenge of forging a legitimate Constitution for the EU. These authors clarify the constitutional status of the EU, to take stock of the European Charter of Fundamental Rights and Convention of the Future of Europe as vehicles to foster and create a European constitution.
Making The European Polity
Reflexive integration in the EU
AvErik Oddvar Eriksen
Inbunden, Engelska, 2005
2 470 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Today’s Europe is marked by an amazing pace of integration. The European Union now consists of twenty five member states, however there is confusion and disagreement about its future design. Making The European Polity investigates how the European Union should develop and organize itself and offers a reflexive approach to integration based on the theory of communicative action. It conceives of the EU as a law based supranational polity lacking the identity of a people as well as the coercive means of a state and argues that it is a polity with an organized capacity to act, but no sole apex of authority. Making an important contribution to the theoretical discussions on the EU, these contributors explore a range of issues including legitimacy, post-national democracy and integration and provide in-depth analyses of social and tax policy, foreign policy, identity formation, the reform process and the constitutional effects of enlargement.This book will appeal to all political scientists and particularly to students and researchers of European Politics.
Developing a Constitution for Europe
AvErik Oddvar Eriksen,John Erik Fossumm. fl.
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
308 kr
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This new book tackles the challenges of forging a legitimate constitution for the European Union. The EU is currently in the midst of a comprehensive process of reform. These leading authors clarify its constitutional status, taking stock of the European Charter of Fundamental Rights and Convention of the Future of Europe as vehicles to foster and create a European constitution. This engaging new study is an excellent resource for all readers with research and professional interests in this dynamic area.
Questioning EU Enlargement
Europe in Search of Identity
AvHelene Sjursen
Inbunden, Engelska, 2006
2 470 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
This new book takes a unique approach to the study of European enlargement, tackling key questions.What kind of understanding of the EU do the enlargement processes speak to? Do decisions to enlarge mainly suggest that the EU is a free market, focusing on potential economic gains? Do they indicate that there is a sense of common European identity? Or is the focus primarily on securing respect for democratic principles and human rights?Offering up-to-date studies of the EU enlargement processes and country-specific in-depth analyses, Questioning EU Enlargement will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of European studies, international relations and politics.
European Union and the Public Sphere
A Communicative Space in the Making?
AvJohn Erik Fossum,Philip R. Schlesinger
Inbunden, Engelska, 2007
2 470 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
The European Union is often attacked for its ‘democratic deficit’, namely its deficiencies in representation, transparency and accountability, as well as its lack of popular support. Can these shortcomings be counteracted by the development of a viable European public sphere?This book assesses the possible formation of a communicative space that might enable and engender the creation of a transnational or a supranational public. The contributors consider the EU’s democratic credentials and how well it communicates, and they also evaluate the major institutions and their links to general publics.The European Union and the Public Sphere emphasizes a ‘deliberative democratic’ perspective on the public sphere, addressing some key questions: • What are the prospects for a European public sphere?• Should we think in terms of the EU having a single public sphere, or are overlapping public spheres a more viable option?• What do this book’s findings on the question of the public sphere tell us about the EU as a political entity?Students and scholars of European democracy, political communication, and the politics of institutions will all be greatly interested by this book.
Making The European Polity
Reflexive integration in the EU
AvErik Oddvar Eriksen
Häftad, Engelska, 2006
737 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Today’s Europe is marked by an amazing pace of integration. The European Union now consists of twenty five member states, however there is confusion and disagreement about its future design. Making The European Polity investigates how the European Union should develop and organize itself and offers a reflexive approach to integration based on the theory of communicative action. It conceives of the EU as a law based supranational polity lacking the identity of a people as well as the coercive means of a state and argues that it is a polity with an organized capacity to act, but no sole apex of authority. Making an important contribution to the theoretical discussions on the EU, these contributors explore a range of issues including legitimacy, post-national democracy and integration and provide in-depth analyses of social and tax policy, foreign policy, identity formation, the reform process and the constitutional effects of enlargement.This book will appeal to all political scientists and particularly to students and researchers of European Politics.
Questioning EU Enlargement
Europe in Search of Identity
AvHelene Sjursen
Häftad, Engelska, 2007
737 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
This new book takes a unique approach to the study of European enlargement, tackling key questions.What kind of understanding of the EU do the enlargement processes speak to? Do decisions to enlarge mainly suggest that the EU is a free market, focusing on potential economic gains? Do they indicate that there is a sense of common European identity? Or is the focus primarily on securing respect for democratic principles and human rights?Offering up-to-date studies of the EU enlargement processes and country-specific in-depth analyses, Questioning EU Enlargement will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of European studies, international relations and politics.
Law, Democracy and Solidarity in a Post-national Union
The unsettled political order of Europe
AvErik Oddvar Eriksen,Christian Joergesm. fl.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2008
1 377 kr
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To many, the rejections of the Constitutional Treaty by Dutch and French voters in 2005 came as a shock. However, given the many tensions and the many unresolved issues it was quite unsurprising. The challenges facing the Constitutional debate go to the core of the European integration process as they have to do with the terms on which to establish a post-national political order.This book deals with four themes which make up the main sources of the ‘constitutional crisis’:The problem of the rule of law in a context of governance beyond the nation stateThe problem of the social deficit of the UnionThe problem of identity and collective memoriesThe problem of institutionalizing post-national democracy.These themes constitute the unfinished agenda of the European integration process. Law, Democracy and Solidarity in a Post-national Union is based on the efforts of a collection of top scholars in the fields of Law, Political Science, Sociology and Economics, and will appeal to students and scholars of political science, the European Union and European studies.
European Union and the Public Sphere
A Communicative Space in the Making?
AvJohn Erik Fossum,Philip R. Schlesinger
Häftad, Engelska, 2008
266 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
The European Union is often attacked for its ‘democratic deficit’, namely its deficiencies in representation, transparency and accountability, as well as its lack of popular support. Can these shortcomings be counteracted by the development of a viable European public sphere?This book assesses the possible formation of a communicative space that might enable and engender the creation of a transnational or a supranational public. The contributors consider the EU’s democratic credentials and how well it communicates, and they also evaluate the major institutions and their links to general publics.The European Union and the Public Sphere emphasizes a ‘deliberative democratic’ perspective on the public sphere, addressing some key questions: • What are the prospects for a European public sphere?• Should we think in terms of the EU having a single public sphere, or are overlapping public spheres a more viable option?• What do this book’s findings on the question of the public sphere tell us about the EU as a political entity?Students and scholars of European democracy, political communication, and the politics of institutions will all be greatly interested by this book.
Democratic Decision-making in the EU
Technocracy in Disguise?
AvAnne Elizabeth Stie
Inbunden, Engelska, 2012
2 470 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
This book examines the democratic legitimacy of the European Union (EU) and evaluates the democratic credentials of the EU’s main decision-making procedure. It finds that though there is potential for democratic decision-making in the EU, the actual process is dominated by technocrats and secret meetings.The book assesses and discusses the conditions for democratic input in decision-making with five empirical chapters each addressing the ordinary legislative procedure from different dimensions: democratic deliberative forums, inclusion, openness, power neutralising mechanisms and decision-making capacity. The analytical framework provides for an in-depth assessment of the ordinary legislative procedure’s potential democratic qualities and examines whether it fulfils democratic criteria, how the procedure works in practice and whether it has the necessary democratic clout. The author provides both a theoretical discussion and an empirical assessment of what role the principle of democracy could play in the EU.Filling a gap in EU legislative studies and contributing to the debate on the European democratic deficit, Democratic Decision-making in the EU will be of interest to students and scholars of European Union politics, legislative studies and deliberative democracy.
New Politics of European Civil Society
AvUlrike Liebert,Hans-Jörg Trenz
Inbunden, Engelska, 2010
2 470 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Over the past two decades, civil society has played a pivotal role in Europe, from the demise of Communist rule to the reunification of Europe, followed by the expansion of the single market to the reconstitution of democracy in the enlarged European Union. European civil society has emerged as a social space between EU governance and the citizens of the member states, populated by non-state agents claiming to represent, speak for or participate on behalf of the most varied social constituencies in EU decision making. This book consolidates European civil society research by re-viewing its conceptual, normative and empirical-analytical foundations. With contributors from political science to sociology to law, it captures the evolving practices of European civil society that stretch across the national (local), the European and the global realm. Developing an analytical framework that highlights the interplay between civil society building and polity building from above as well as from below, within the legal and institutional framework of the EU, they examine whether and how civil society can contribute to making democracy work in normative democratic theoretical perspectives. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of civil society, European politics, political science and sociology.
Politicization of Europe
Contesting the Constitution in the Mass Media
AvPaul Statham,Hans-Jörg Trenz
Inbunden, Engelska, 2012
2 470 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
This book examines how mass media debates have contributed to the politicization of the European Union. The public controversies over the EU’s attempted Constitution-making (and its failure) sowed the seeds for a process of politicization that has advanced ever since: an increasing visibility for the EU in mass-mediated public debates that is combined with a growing public contestation over Europe within national politics. The book presents an original systematic study of the emerging field of political discourse carried by the mass media in France, Germany and Britain to examine the performance of Europe’s public sphere. Whilst the EU’s increasing politicization can be seen as beneficial to European democracy, potentially ‘normalizing’ the EU-level within national politics, the same developments can also be a threat to democracy, leading to populist and xenophobic responses and a decline in political trust. Such discussions are key to understanding the EU’s legitimacy and how its democratic politics can work in an era of mediated politics.The Politicization of Europe will be of interest to students and scholars of comparative politics, media studies, communication, sociology and European studies.
Rethinking Democracy and the European Union
AvErik Oddvar Eriksen,John Erik Fossum
Inbunden, Engelska, 2011
2 470 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
While the Lisbon treaty was meant to clarify the European Union’s role and political identity, it remains a challenge for politicians and decision-makers to define. Rethinking Democracy and the European Union looks at both the concept of the EU as a political system, and analyses the meaning and status of democracy in Europe today.This book draws upon leading scholars and practitioners from the RECON project (Reconstituting Democracy in Europe) to frame and analyse a range of institutional realms and policy fields, including constitutionalisation, representative developments, gender politics, civil society and public sphere, identity, and security and globalisation. Drawing together these strands, the book questions whether EU politics require a new theory of democracy, and evaluates the relationship between union and state, and the possible future of post-national democracy. Lucid and accessible, this book is at the forefront of the intellectual debate over the character of the EU, presenting research, theory and analysis on a critical political issue of our time.Rethinking Democracy and the European Union will be of interest to students and scholars of democracy, European Union politics and international relations.
Politicization of Europe
Contesting the Constitution in the Mass Media
AvPaul Statham,Hans-Jörg Trenz
Häftad, Engelska, 2012
737 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
This book examines how mass media debates have contributed to the politicization of the European Union. The public controversies over the EU’s attempted Constitution-making (and its failure) sowed the seeds for a process of politicization that has advanced ever since: an increasing visibility for the EU in mass-mediated public debates that is combined with a growing public contestation over Europe within national politics. The book presents an original systematic study of the emerging field of political discourse carried by the mass media in France, Germany and Britain to examine the performance of Europe’s public sphere. Whilst the EU’s increasing politicization can be seen as beneficial to European democracy, potentially ‘normalizing’ the EU-level within national politics, the same developments can also be a threat to democracy, leading to populist and xenophobic responses and a decline in political trust. Such discussions are key to understanding the EU’s legitimacy and how its democratic politics can work in an era of mediated politics.The Politicization of Europe will be of interest to students and scholars of comparative politics, media studies, communication, sociology and European studies.
Rethinking Democracy and the European Union
AvErik Oddvar Eriksen,John Erik Fossum
Häftad, Engelska, 2011
780 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
While the Lisbon treaty was meant to clarify the European Union’s role and political identity, it remains a challenge for politicians and decision-makers to define. Rethinking Democracy and the European Union looks at both the concept of the EU as a political system, and analyses the meaning and status of democracy in Europe today.This book draws upon leading scholars and practitioners from the RECON project (Reconstituting Democracy in Europe) to frame and analyse a range of institutional realms and policy fields, including constitutionalisation, representative developments, gender politics, civil society and public sphere, identity, and security and globalisation. Drawing together these strands, the book questions whether EU politics require a new theory of democracy, and evaluates the relationship between union and state, and the possible future of post-national democracy. Lucid and accessible, this book is at the forefront of the intellectual debate over the character of the EU, presenting research, theory and analysis on a critical political issue of our time.Rethinking Democracy and the European Union will be of interest to students and scholars of democracy, European Union politics and international relations.
Accountability of Expertise
Making the Un-Elected Safe for Democracy
AvErik O. Eriksen
Häftad, Engelska, 2021
624 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Based on in-depth studies of the relationship between expertise and democracy in Europe, this book presents a new approach to how the un-elected can be made safe for democracy. It addresses the challenge of reconciling modern governments’ need for knowledge with the demand for democratic legitimacy. Knowledge-based decision-making is indispensable to modern democracies. This book establishes a public reason model of legitimacy and clarifies the conditions under which unelected bodies can be deemed legitimate as they are called upon to handle pandemics, financial crises, climate change and migration flows. Expert bodies are seeking neither re-election nor popularity, they can speak truth to power as well as to the citizenry at large. They are unelected, yet they wield power. How could they possibly be legitimate? This book is of key interest to scholars and students of democracy, governance, and more broadly to political and administrative science as well as the Science Technology Studies (STS).
Accountability of Expertise
Making the Un-Elected Safe for Democracy
AvErik O. Eriksen
Inbunden, Engelska, 2021
2 473 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Based on in-depth studies of the relationship between expertise and democracy in Europe, this book presents a new approach to how the un-elected can be made safe for democracy. It addresses the challenge of reconciling modern governments’ need for knowledge with the demand for democratic legitimacy. Knowledge-based decision-making is indispensable to modern democracies. This book establishes a public reason model of legitimacy and clarifies the conditions under which unelected bodies can be deemed legitimate as they are called upon to handle pandemics, financial crises, climate change and migration flows. Expert bodies are seeking neither re-election nor popularity, they can speak truth to power as well as to the citizenry at large. They are unelected, yet they wield power. How could they possibly be legitimate? This book is of key interest to scholars and students of democracy, governance, and more broadly to political and administrative science as well as the Science Technology Studies (STS).
Differentiation and Dominance in Europe’s Poly-Crises
AvJozef Bátora,John Erik Fossum
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
609 kr
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Against the backdrop of a more differentiated European Union, this book discusses the relationship between differentiation and domination in the EU in relation to how it has been transformed through the financial and refugee crises, the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and in general, a more volatile and less rule-bound global context.In doing so, it assesses to what extent these adaptations represent significant change, generating new problems and challenges, or on the other hand, providing an opportunity for new solutions or even signalling a new approach to governance that can mitigate problems associated with domination. Differentiation is discussed not only from a legal perspective, but with special attention to structural and institutional arrangements, which includes patterns of path dependence and built-in biases.This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of public sector crisis management, international organisations, and EU politics and studies.
Differentiation and Dominance in Europe’s Poly-Crises
AvJozef Bátora,John Erik Fossum
Inbunden, Engelska, 2024
2 473 kr
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Against the backdrop of a more differentiated European Union, this book discusses the relationship between differentiation and domination in the EU in relation to how it has been transformed through the financial and refugee crises, the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and in general, a more volatile and less rule-bound global context.In doing so, it assesses to what extent these adaptations represent significant change, generating new problems and challenges, or on the other hand, providing an opportunity for new solutions or even signalling a new approach to governance that can mitigate problems associated with domination. Differentiation is discussed not only from a legal perspective, but with special attention to structural and institutional arrangements, which includes patterns of path dependence and built-in biases.This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of public sector crisis management, international organisations, and EU politics and studies.
Political Actors’ Narratives on the Reforms of the European Union
Future Visions of Europe?
AvMagdalena Góra,Elodie Theveninm. fl.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
2 473 kr
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This book provides essential insights into contemporary political actors’ narratives of European integration.Focusing on the Future of Europe debate in parliaments, the book reveals how the question of democracy in Europe is addressed. Through the lens of differentiation, it explores the numerous nuances within narratives on the EU. Based on an extensive empirical analysis of debates from 11 national parliaments and the European Parliament over a period of seven years (2015–2021), it provides substantial understanding of the circulation of ideas on Europe within and among member states. Finally, the book offers a reflection on reforming the EU and the different constitutional narratives shaping the future of the EU.This book is of key interest to scholars and students interested in European integration, the European Parliament, democracy and political parties.
Nyhet
Journalism, Disinformation, and Europe’s Response
Truth Under Siege
AvJacopo Custodi,Martin Molandm. fl.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
2 473 kr
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This edited book examines the relationship between journalism, democracy, and disinformation in contemporary Europe.Drawing on original empirical research with journalists and media regulators, it provides a timely analysis of the European Union’s evolving regulatory response to disinformation and media pluralism, while foregrounding the perspectives of those directly involved in interpreting and implementing these changes. Through a comparative study of seven countries — Spain, Italy, Norway, Iceland, Croatia, Poland, and Bulgaria — the book explores how media actors across diverse political, institutional, and regulatory contexts understand and respond to post-truth politics. In doing so, it investigates whether a shared European normative space around journalism, media freedom, and democracy is beginning to take shape.This book will be of interest to students, scholars, and practitioners in European studies, media studies, journalism, political communication, and cultural sociology.
States of Democracy
Gender and Politics in the European Union
AvYvonne Galligan
Inbunden, Engelska, 2014
2 487 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
The multi-layered political system of the European Union offers a unique environment for the study of comparative democracy. Its policies seek to give effect to an agreed range of values, including that of gender equality.This book explores gender equality and democratic politics in Europe. It discusses how democratic politics engages with gender equality in the European Union and examines what happens when a core democratic value of the European Union, equality between women and men, is given policy effect in supra-national and domestic level politics. It asks how embedded is this value in democratic politics and what degree of gender equality is expressed in this environment. The collection brings to light the gendered nature of democratic politics, offering a critical gaze on the workings of modern democracy in Europe. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of democracy, European studies, gender, and key to courses seeking to incorporate a deeper gender perspective or evaluating democracy and democratic performance in institutions and decision-making.
Expertisation and Democracy in Europe
AvMagdalena Góra,Cathrine Holstm. fl.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2017
2 473 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Expertisation and Democracy in Europe provides a much-needed account of the role and re-organisation of expertise and expert knowledge in Europe and the European Union in a broad range of policy spheres, contributing to the debate triggered by the recent crises. It brings novel perspectives to debates on technocracy and our understanding of the relations between knowledge, experts and democracy. The book explores and assesses new and old linkages between knowledge, expertise and democracy, and expands and deepens the current debates by addressing questions such as: What is the role of expertise in Europe? How is knowledge of different kinds embedded in and decisive for democratic practice in contemporary democracies? How are we to assess recent transformations of the expert-citizens and government-civil society relationships from the perspective of democracy, and which paths are viable in the years to come? Finally, the book engages with and gives flesh to the notion of expertisation not only as a broad political and societal diagnosis, but also as a multidimensional and deeply contested process that enfolds in concrete practices and institutional settings.This text will be of key interest to scholars and students of European studies, European and European Union politics, democracy, public policy, international relations, sociology, gender studies and media studies.
Towards a Segmented European Political Order
The European Union's Post-crises Conundrum
AvJozef Bátora,John Erik Fossum
Inbunden, Engelska, 2019
2 100 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
This book makes a distinctive contribution to the crucial debate on the European Union (EU)’s present and future development. It systematically examines how the range of crises and challenges over the last decade have transformed the EU and relates those findings to the discussion of an increasingly differentiated EU. It argues that the post-crises EU shows clear signs of becoming a segmented political order with in-built biases and constraints. The book spells out the key features of such an order in ideational and structural terms and shows how it more concretely manifests itself in the EU’s institutional and constitutional make-up and in how member states constrain and condition EU action. Different states impose different types of constraints, as is underlined through paying explicit attention to the Visegrád countries. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of EU politics/studies, European integration and politics, East European politics and foreign policy.
Towards a Segmented European Political Order
The European Union's Post-crises Conundrum
AvJozef Bátora,John Erik Fossum
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
552 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
This book makes a distinctive contribution to the crucial debate on the European Union (EU)’s present and future development. It systematically examines how the range of crises and challenges over the last decade have transformed the EU and relates those findings to the discussion of an increasingly differentiated EU. It argues that the post-crises EU shows clear signs of becoming a segmented political order with in-built biases and constraints. The book spells out the key features of such an order in ideational and structural terms and shows how it more concretely manifests itself in the EU’s institutional and constitutional make-up and in how member states constrain and condition EU action. Different states impose different types of constraints, as is underlined through paying explicit attention to the Visegrád countries. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of EU politics/studies, European integration and politics, East European politics and foreign policy.
States of Democracy
Gender and Politics in the European Union
AvYvonne Galligan
Häftad, Engelska, 2017
679 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
The multi-layered political system of the European Union offers a unique environment for the study of comparative democracy. Its policies seek to give effect to an agreed range of values, including that of gender equality.This book explores gender equality and democratic politics in Europe. It discusses how democratic politics engages with gender equality in the European Union and examines what happens when a core democratic value of the European Union, equality between women and men, is given policy effect in supra-national and domestic level politics. It asks how embedded is this value in democratic politics and what degree of gender equality is expressed in this environment. The collection brings to light the gendered nature of democratic politics, offering a critical gaze on the workings of modern democracy in Europe. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of democracy, European studies, gender, and key to courses seeking to incorporate a deeper gender perspective or evaluating democracy and democratic performance in institutions and decision-making.
European Union's Non-Members
Independence under hegemony?
AvJohn Erik Fossum,Erik Oddvar Eriksen
Inbunden, Engelska, 2015
1 498 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
The EU is a supranational organization, whose reach and influence extends well beyond its member states, especially to the many states that have signed various forms of association agreement with it. This book asks whether qualifying states who have eschewed EU membership experience negative effects on their legal and political self-governing abilities, or whether they manage their independence with few such effects. It explores the idea that the closer the affiliation a non-member state has with the EU, the more susceptible to hegemony the relationship appears to be. In addition, the book provides an overview of the total range of agreements the EU has with non-member states.This text will be of key interest to scholars and students of in EU/European studies, Scandinavian studies, European and comparative politics, international relations, and democratization studies.
Democratic Decision-making in the EU
Technocracy in Disguise?
AvAnne Elizabeth Stie
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
710 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
This book examines the democratic legitimacy of the European Union (EU) and evaluates the democratic credentials of the EU’s main decision-making procedure. It finds that though there is potential for democratic decision-making in the EU, the actual process is dominated by technocrats and secret meetings.The book assesses and discusses the conditions for democratic input in decision-making with five empirical chapters each addressing the ordinary legislative procedure from different dimensions: democratic deliberative forums, inclusion, openness, power neutralising mechanisms and decision-making capacity. The analytical framework provides for an in-depth assessment of the ordinary legislative procedure’s potential democratic qualities and examines whether it fulfils democratic criteria, how the procedure works in practice and whether it has the necessary democratic clout. The author provides both a theoretical discussion and an empirical assessment of what role the principle of democracy could play in the EU.Filling a gap in EU legislative studies and contributing to the debate on the European democratic deficit, Democratic Decision-making in the EU will be of interest to students and scholars of European Union politics, legislative studies and deliberative democracy.
New Politics of European Civil Society
AvUlrike Liebert,Hans-Jörg Trenz
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
738 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Over the past two decades, civil society has played a pivotal role in Europe, from the demise of Communist rule to the reunification of Europe, followed by the expansion of the single market to the reconstitution of democracy in the enlarged European Union. European civil society has emerged as a social space between EU governance and the citizens of the member states, populated by non-state agents claiming to represent, speak for or participate on behalf of the most varied social constituencies in EU decision making. This book consolidates European civil society research by re-viewing its conceptual, normative and empirical-analytical foundations. With contributors from political science to sociology to law, it captures the evolving practices of European civil society that stretch across the national (local), the European and the global realm. Developing an analytical framework that highlights the interplay between civil society building and polity building from above as well as from below, within the legal and institutional framework of the EU, they examine whether and how civil society can contribute to making democracy work in normative democratic theoretical perspectives. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of civil society, European politics, political science and sociology.

Routledge Studies on Democratising Europe – serie

Expertisation and Democracy in Europe

Developing a Constitution for Europe

Making The European Polity

Developing a Constitution for Europe

Questioning EU Enlargement

European Union and the Public Sphere

Making The European Polity

Questioning EU Enlargement

Law, Democracy and Solidarity in a Post-national Union

European Union and the Public Sphere

Democratic Decision-making in the EU

New Politics of European Civil Society

Politicization of Europe

Rethinking Democracy and the European Union

Politicization of Europe

Rethinking Democracy and the European Union

Accountability of Expertise

Accountability of Expertise

Differentiation and Dominance in Europe’s Poly-Crises

Differentiation and Dominance in Europe’s Poly-Crises

Political Actors’ Narratives on the Reforms of the European Union

Journalism, Disinformation, and Europe’s Response

States of Democracy

Expertisation and Democracy in Europe

Towards a Segmented European Political Order

Towards a Segmented European Political Order

States of Democracy

European Union's Non-Members

Democratic Decision-making in the EU

New Politics of European Civil Society