Research Catalog

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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Details

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