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Democracy in Europe : legitimising politics in a non-state polity / Heidrun Abromeit.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Abromeit, Heidrun.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy--European Union countries.
- Democracy.
- Referendum.
- European Union countries.
- Political participation--European Union countries.
- Political participation.
- Legitimacy of governments--European Union countries.
- Legitimacy of governments.
- Referendum--European Union countries.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 182 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, 1998.
- Contents:
- 2 Incompatibilities 11
- The Concept of 'Sovereignty' 12
- Federalism 16
- Democracy 19
- 3 Inadequate Solutions 25
- The Recent Reform Debate 25
- Parliamentarisation 29
- Multi-Cameralism 37
- Federalism 42
- 4 In Search of an Adequate Model: Theoretical Considerations 53
- Contract Theory 55
- Fiscal Federalism 62
- Concepts of Group Representation 68
- Network Analysis and Game Theory 78
- New Normative Democratic Theory 87
- 5 A Proposal for the Democratisation of the EU 95
- The Practical Task 95
- A System of Veto Rights 100
- Regional Subunits: the Assignment of Powers 105
- Sectoral Subunits: How to Distinguish Them 111
- Procedures 118
- Some Illustrations 127
- A Summary of the Proposal 134
- 6 Major Objections 137
- Democratic Ambivalence (or: How Democratic is Democracy?) 137
- Democracy vs. Efficiency 143
- Biases and Asymmetries 148
- The acquis communautaire 154
- 7 Models and Realities 159.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-176) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1571819851
- OCLC:
- 39235634
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