The unfinished democratization of Europe / Erik O. Eriksen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eriksen, Erik Oddvar, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democratization--European Union countries.

Democratization.

Democracy--European Union countries.

Democracy.

European Union countries--Politics and government.

European Union countries.

European Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The widening and deepening of the European Union have brought to the fore the question of democracy at the European level. The system of domination already in place at the European level requires and aspires to direct legitimation - from the citizens themselves and not merely indirect, derived from the Member Nation States. Such can only be achieved by making the EU into a democratic polity.But can democracy be disassociated from its putative nation-state foundation? A revised concept of democratic legitimacy based on discourse theory is developed. It is argued that post-national democracy

Contents:

Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: European Democracy in Transformation; PART I: THE DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGE; 2. The Quest for Democratization; 3. Democratic Legitimacy Through Deliberation?; PART II: ELEMENTS OF DEMOCRATIZATION; 4. Europe: On the Search for its Legitimacy; 5. Chartering Europe; 6. The Cosmopolitan Dimension; 7. A Layered European Public Sphere; PART III: WHAT KIND OF LEGITIMATE ORDER; 8. Government or Transnational Governance?; 9. A State-less Government; 10. Parliamentary Democracy without a Demos

Finale: An Unaccomplished Post-national Democracy Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-256) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-38230-6

9786612382307

0-19-157147-4

OCLC:

502017219