Democracy in Europe : the EU and National Polities.
Democracy in Europe is about the impact of European integration on national democracies. It argues that the oft-cited democratic deficit is indeed a problem, but not so much at the level of the European Union per se as at the national level. This is because national leaders and publics have yet to c...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
OUP Oxford,
2006.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Democracy in Europe is about the impact of European integration on national democracies. It argues that the oft-cited democratic deficit is indeed a problem, but not so much at the level of the European Union per se as at the national level. This is because national leaders and publics have yet to come to terms with the institutional impact of the EU on the traditional workings of their national democracies. The book begins with a discussion of what the EU is-a new form of 'regional state' in which sovereignty is shared, boundaries are variable, identity composite, and democracy fragmented. It. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (334 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191532962 0191532967 9780191709012 0191709018 9780199266975 0199266972 |