Democracy in the European Union : integration through deliberation? / edited by Erik Oddvar Eriksen and John Erik Fossum.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Eriksen, Erik Oddvar, 1955-

Fossum, John Erik.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Union.

Democracy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (325 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How can we explain the type of cooperation that the EU is based on? What are the integrative forces in the EU? This is a presentation of a theoretical approach which enables us to think of democracy at a supra-national level.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Preface; Post-national integration; Beyond the nation-state? On some consequences of economic globalization; Deliberative supranationalism in the EU; The uses of democracy: reflections on the European democratic deficit; Subsidiarity and democratic deliberation; Constitution-making in the European Union; The anonymous hand of public reason: interparliamentary discourse and the quest for legitimacy; Challenging the bureaucratic challenge; Demanding public deliberation: the Council of Ministers; some lessons from the Anglo-American history

Can the European Union become a sphere of publics?Indigenous rights and the limitations of the nation-state; Conclusion: legitimation through deliberation; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [270]-297) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-86064-598-4

1-134-58992-1

1-134-58993-X

0-203-46512-1

1-280-31780-9

9780203465127

OCLC:

475876931