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Title

Democracy, social resources and political power in the European Union / Niilo Kauppi.

Author

Kauppi, Niilo.

Publication

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2005.

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Description

xi, 211 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"In this book Kauppi develops a structural constructivist theory of the European Union and critically analyses, through French and Finnish empirical cases, the political practices that maintain the Union's 'democratic deficit'." "By re-centring the analysis of European integration on political practices, Kauppi investigates how political agents - politicians, civil activists, intellectuals and bureaucrats - struggle with the transformations integration has brought about. Paradoxically, Europe is essentially a local phenomenon, embedded in specific national cultures, meaning structures and social settings. As the European Union has become more structured, imposing political practices and habits on the individuals working in its institutions, individuals also apply models of behaviour characteristic of their political culture and of their positions in domestic political fields." "Drawing on an interdisciplinary framework, the author shows how the dominance of both executive political resources and domestic political cultures has prevented the development of European democracy. Supranational executive networks have become more autonomous, reinforcing the dominance of the resources they control. At the same time, national political cultures condition the political status of elected institutions such as the European Parliament." "The book is will be useful for undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of European Politics, European Union Studies and International Relations."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• European Union
• European Parliament > Elections, 1999
• Union européenne
• Parlement européen > Élections, 1999
• Democracy > European Union countries
• Démocratie > Pays de l'Union européenne
• European Union countries > Politics and government
• Pays de l'Union européenne > Politique et gouvernement

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Some theoretical premises of European Union research -- A structural constructivist theory of politics and of European integration -- France's European policy -- Social and constitutional integration in Finland and France -- French Members of the European Parliament -- European Parliament elections in Finland and France in 1999 -- Intellectual politics and Europe.

ISBN

• 0719070589
• 9780719070587

LCCN

^^2005281928

OCLC

60417110

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library