Participatory Governance in the EU : Enhancing or Endangering Democracy and Efficiency? /

An empirical assessment of whether participatory governance reforms within the EU enhance or endanger democracy. Many consider allowing civil society to take an active role in EU policy-making to offer the most effective means of enhancing democracy in the EU, whereas others argue that such attempts...

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Main Authors: Lindgren, Karl-Oskar (Author), Persson, Thomas (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Series:Palgrave studies in European Union politics.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:An empirical assessment of whether participatory governance reforms within the EU enhance or endanger democracy. Many consider allowing civil society to take an active role in EU policy-making to offer the most effective means of enhancing democracy in the EU, whereas others argue that such attempts deepen the EU's democratic deficit.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (IX, 162 pages)
ISBN:9780230347793
DOI:10.1057/9780230347793