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Democratizing the European Union : issues for the twenty-first century

Title
Democratizing the European Union : issues for the twenty-first century / Catherine Hoskyns and Michael Newman, editors.
Publication
Manchester, UK ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's Press, 2000.

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Additional Authors
  • Hoskyns, Catherine.
  • Newman, Michael, 1946-
Description
xii, 212 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
Summary
The European Union's democratic deficit, and ways that might be found to resolve it, are examined in this text. It brings together a range of authors who address issues such as enlargement and economic and monetary union.
Series Statement
Perspectives on democratization
Uniform Title
Perspectives on democratization
Subject
  • European Union > Congresses
  • European Union
  • Union européenne
  • Democratization > Congresses
  • Démocratie
  • UE/CE Compétences institutionnelles
  • Déficit démocratique
  • Supranationalité
  • UE/CE Politique
  • UE/CE Etats membres
  • Democratization
  • Demokratisierung
  • Aufsatzsammlung
  • Démocratisation > Pays de l'Union européenne > 20e siècle
  • Démocratie > Pays de l'Union européenne
  • Europäische Union
Genre/Form
  • Conference papers and proceedings.
  • Aufsatzsammlung.
  • Konferenzschrift.
Note
  • "This book originated in a conference entitled 'Democratizing the European Union: Beyond Institutional Change?' ... held in London in May 1997 ... [and] organized jointly by the London European Research Centre of the University of North London and Centre for International and European Studies of Coventry University"--Page [x].
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction / Michael Newman -- The historical context -- Definitions of democracy -- Creating the 'substance of politics' -- Social solidarity in the Delors period: barriers to participation / Sue Cohen -- The EU movement for social solidarity -- Consensus politics -- The Delors/Durkheim connection -- The EU experience -- Reconciling suprastatism and accountability: a view from Sweden / Sverker Gustavsson -- One problem, five solutions -- Provisionalize suprastatism -- Surrender representation -- Abandon accountability -- Criteria of evaluation -- Under the auspices of the Stability Pact -- A Europe of the peoples? New Labour and democratizing the EU / Stefano Fella -- A new agenda for democracy -- Capitalist club or guardian of European social democracy? -- Blair and the intergovernmental conference of 1996-97 -- The Treaty of Amsterdam -- A third way for Europe? -- How democratic is the European Parliament? / John Lambert, Catherine Hoskyns -- Two models -- The shuttle -- The tug-of-war -- Accountability, mismanagement and fraud -- The Parliament's 'other' role -- The issue of democracy -- Controlling Monetary Union / Valerio Lintner -- The nature and implications of EMU -- Maastricht: an appropriate and democratic model for EMU? -- Alternative ways forward -- Eastern enlargement and democracy / Mary Kaldor -- Democracy in the CEECs -- The challenge of enlargement -- Towards a European democratic space -- Democratization: a constitutionalizing process / Richard Kuper -- Two constitutional traditions.
ISBN
  • 0719056659
  • 9780719056659
  • 0719056667
  • 9780719056666
LCCN
99048172
OCLC
  • ocm42592726
  • 42592726
  • SCSB-1124988
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library