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Representing Europe's citizens? : electoral institutions and the failure of parliamentary representation / David M. Farrell and Roger Scully.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Farrell, David M., 1960-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- European Parliament--Elections.
- European Parliament.
- Representative government and representation--European Union countries.
- Representative government and representation.
- Political participation--European Union countries.
- Political participation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (245 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The past 15 years have seen declining public support for European integration, and widespread suggestions that a legitimacy crisis faces the European Union (EU). Many in the EU have believed that this problem could be effectively tackled by vesting greater powers in the European Parliament (EP), the Union's only directly-elected institution. The central argument of this book is that, while considerable efforts have been made to increase the status of the EP, it is in crucialrespects a failure as a representative body. This failure is grounded in the manner in which the parliament is elected. T
- Contents:
- Introduction : representing Europe's citizens?
- Giving the people what they want : public attitudes to representation in the EU
- Electoral institutions and political representation
- Representation and electoral systems in Europe
- Representation in Europe : the institution and the individuals
- Electoral institutions and geographical representation
- Electoral reform and the British MEP
- Life under list : representing a region
- Conclusion : the failure of parliamentary representation in Europe.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-227) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-15410-5
- 9786611154103
- 0-19-153645-8
- 1-4356-2353-3
- OCLC:
- 191672235
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