Democracy and the European Union

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Follesdal, Andreas (Editor), Koslowski, Peter (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1998, 1998
Edition:1st ed. 1998
Series:Ethical Economy, Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosophy
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Democracy and the European Union: Challenges
  • A EU Institutions
  • 1 Is it Really Possible to Democratize the Euro-Polity?
  • 2 Democracy and Governance in the European Union
  • 3 Democratic Legitimacy and the Role of the Commission
  • 4 The EU Intergovernmental Conference 1996/97: The Moment of Constitutional Choice for a Democratic Europe?
  • 5 Double Asymmetry as Normative Challenge
  • B Historical and Comparative Perspectives
  • 6 Democracy in Multicultural Societies and Multinational Settings
  • 7 How to Create Supra-National Institutions Democratically. Some Reflections on the European Union’s ‘Democratic Deficit’
  • C Political Theory for the European Union
  • 8 The Problem of Autonomy and Democracy in a Complex Polity: the European Union
  • 9 Individuality and the EU Project
  • 10 Fatherland Europe? On European and National Identity and Democratic Sovereignty
  • 11 Democracy and Federalism in the European Union
  • 12 The Normative Challenge of a European Polity: Cosmopolitan and Communitarian Models Compared, Criticised and Combined
  • D Conclusion
  • 13 Should the European Union Become More Democratic?
  • List of Authors
  • Index of Names