Democratic Governance And European Integration

Author : Ronald Holzhacker
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781782543527
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Democratic Governance and European Integration written by Ronald Holzhacker and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the power and scope of the European Union moves further, beyond traditional forms of international cooperation between sovereign states, it is important to analyse how these developments are impacting upon national institutions and processes of democratic representation and legitimacy in the member countries. The authors in this book identifyfour core processes of democratic governance present in any democratic political system that link societal and state processes of decision-making: opinion formation, interestintermediation, national executive decision-making and national parliamentary scrutiny. From a normative perspective they discuss what impacts this process of Europeanizationhas on democracy in the evolving system. They conclude that more changes are seen within the state-centric than in the societal-centred processes of democracy, thus thepublic seems to have been 'left behind? in the process of constructing Europe. The empirical research and normative discussion presented in this book are designed to further our knowledge concerning the Europeanization of social and state processes of democracy and to contribute to the continuing dialogue on democracy in the EuropeanUnion. This book will be of great interest to academics and researchers of political science, public policy and international relations, as well as those interested in European studies andcomparative politics.

Author : José M. Magone
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1788111346
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Constraining Democratic Governance in Southern Europe written by José M. Magone and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-28 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this thought-provoking book, José M. Magone investigates the growing political, economic and social divisions between the core countries of the European Union and the southern European periphery. He examines the major hindrances that are preventing the four main southern European countries (Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece) from keeping up with the increasing pace of European integration, and the effects that this is having on democratic governance.

Author : Liesbet Hooghe
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0585381666
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Multi-Level Governance and European Integration written by Liesbet Hooghe and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2002-05-30 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: European politics has been reshaped in recent decades by a dual process of centralization and decentralization. At the same time that authority in many policy areas has shifted to the suprantional level of the European Union, so national governments have given subnational regions within countries more say over the lives of their citizens. At the forefront of scholars who characterize this dual process as Omulti-level governance,OLiesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks argue that its emergence in the second half of the twentieth century is a watershed in the political development of Europe. Hooghe and Marks explain why multi-level governance has taken place and how it shapes conflict in national and European political arenas. Drawing on a rich body of original research, the book is at the same time written in a clear and accessible style for undergraduates and non-experts.

Author : Brigid Gavin
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781782541837
Total Pages : 708 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The European Union and Globalisation written by Brigid Gavin and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work shows how the EU has evolved constitutionally beyond the internal market into a highly developed system of multi-level governance. It explores path-breaking reforms for increased parliamentary control of globalization in the WTO and a concrete model for implementation.

Author : William A. Maloney
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1848442874
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Civil Society and Governance in Europe written by William A. Maloney and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The research presented in this book based on new primary data demonstrates that in terms of civil society actors adapting to the European political space the Europeanization process has an uneven development. This innovative book integrates top-down approaches for the study of relationships within the developing EU-multilevel system (i.e., the consequences of Europeanization for civil society at the local level) and bottom-up approaches (i.e., the consequences of civil society for the process of European integration and democracy in the EU). The contributors argue that exploration of these recursive linkages requires a rethinking of the relationships between (local, national, and trans-national) civil society on the one hand, and multi-level governance on the other. In analyzing the opportunities for civil society associations to contribute to European integration and decision-making from various perspectives, the following findings are presented, amongst others: engagement with and confidence in the EU (compared to national institutions) is relatively weak among associational members party elites play a key gatekeeper role in the European space the EU and interest groups have had limited success in stimulating the development of citizen engagement, civil society and social capital in various countries. In the rapidly expanding field of research on democratic decision-making in Europe, this book will be welcomed by academics and scholars alike at postgraduate levels and above. Experts working in the field of European decision-making (such as lawyers and lobbyists) who are looking for conclusions based on high-quality empirical research will also find much in this book to engage them.

Author : Erik Oddvar Eriksen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134229496
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making The European Polity written by Erik Oddvar Eriksen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-04-11 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : J. DeBardeleben
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230591787
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Democratic Dilemmas of Multilevel Governance written by J. DeBardeleben and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-09-27 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the EU, this volume, with a combination of theoretical perspectives and empirical research, examines the problems multilevel governance causes for democratic legitimacy by placing it in a comparative and theoretical context, and explore how challenges faced by the EU compare with those faced by traditional federal systems worldwide.

Author : Erik O. Eriksen
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191571474
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Unfinished Democratization of Europe written by Erik O. Eriksen and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2009-09-10 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The widening and deepening of the European Union have brought to the fore the question of democracy at the European level. The system of domination already in place at the European level requires and aspires to direct legitimation - from the citizens themselves and not merely indirect, derived from the Member Nation States. Such can only be achieved by making the EU into a democratic polity. But can democracy be disassociated from its putative nation-state foundation? A revised concept of democratic legitimacy based on discourse theory is developed. It is argued that post-national democracy requires a constitution but not necessarily a state. The Union amounts to less than a state but more than an international organisation and a system of transnational governance. In the political theory of the multilevel constellation that makes up the EU, it is conceived of as a regional subset of an emerging cosmopolitan order. The EU is a state-less government. As it is not premised on group identity, it is able to accommodate a high measure of variance with regard to territory and function. The book analyzes the reforms undertaken to bring the EU 'closer to the citizens'. It documents elements of democratization and reduction of arbitrary power. However, democracy requires that the citizens can approve or reject the laws they are subjected to. Since the institutional as well as the civic conditions under which a public justification process would be deemed legitimate are not in place, European post-national democracy remains an unaccomplished mission.

Author : Michael Th Greven
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780847699018
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Democracy Beyond the State? written by Michael Th Greven and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2000 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This insightful book provides an original and thought-provoking analysis of the widening gap between democracy-in-principle and governance-in-practice as economic globalization transforms our world. Nowhere is the deepening dilemma more evident than in the European Union. This book examines the contemporary breakdown and transformation of the democratic welfare state in Europe and draws fascinating contrasts with North America. In a cohesive and insightful collection of essays, a group of distinguished political scientists debates the implications of these trends both for theory and for policy.

Author : Sergio Fabbrini
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134315805
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Democracy and Federalism in the European Union and the United States written by Sergio Fabbrini and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-02-25 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European Union - a supranational system with its own institutional characteristics and autonomy - has a structure and functional logic which are more similar to those of the US than those of European nation states. Yet, by and large, the EU and the US tend to be analyzed more as potential geopolitical and economic rivals or allies than compared as institutional peers. By bringing together some of the most influential political scientists and historians to compare the European and American experiences of federalism, Democracy and Federalism in the European Union and the United States explores the future development, and seeks a better understanding, of a post-national European Union democracy. This book consists of three core parts: how the EU has developed and the implications of the process of European federalization the features of American federalism, tracing the intellectual debate that led to the approval of the American federal constitution in 1787 the future of European Union. This is essential reading for all students of European politics, democracy and international relations.