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The Democratisation of the European Union : Towards a New EU Convention / Jaap Hoeksma.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hoeksma, J. A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (170 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- The Hague, The Netherlands : Eleven, [2023]
- Summary:
- The democratisation of the EU is a fascinating process with an unforeseen outcome: the European Union is emerging as a new kind of international organisation with an equally innovative model of governance.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Introduction
- Solving the EU Conundrum
- Beyond the Westphalian System of International Relations
- Act of Abjuration
- A New Era in Political History
- Towards a New Vocabulary
- Spinelli and Huizinga: Divergent Godfathers of European Integration
- Curbing Absolute Sovereignty
- The Kantian Dilemma of Statehood and International Law
- The Conference on the Future of Europe
- From Union of Democratic States…
- …to Democratic Regional Organisation
- Messages of Hope
- EU: Association of States or European Democracy?
- In Memory of Thomas Mann
- The Democratic Deficit and the Original Sin of the European Union
- A New Kind of International Organisation
- Europe and Democracy
- The Delors Enigma
- What Is the European Union?
- BREXIT
- Replacing the Westphalian System
- The Theory of Democratic Integration
- A Citizens' Story of Europe
- The European Model of Transnational Governance
- Conceptual Suggestions
- Conclusion
- ECJ President Rings Alarm Bells over Rule of Law
- What Is the EU?
- As Old as Methuselah
- Institutional Backing
- The Legal Identity of the European Union
- The Core of the Treaties
- Neither State Nor Union of States
- Terra Incognita
- Democracy and the Rule of Law
- Why Bother?
- EU Court of Justice Closes Democratic Deficit
- Democratic Visions
- The Westphalian System of International Relations
- The Citizens' Perspective
- The Return to Westphalia
- The Core of the Conditionality Verdicts
- The Dutch Detour: The Steep Road from Maastricht to Amsterdam
- Europe 1992
- Changes of Direction
- The Copenhagen Criteria
- The Treaty of Amsterdam
- Towards a New Model of Transnational Governance.
- Amsterdam as Cradle of European Democracy
- The Democratisation of the European Union
- The Nature of the Beast
- The Conditionality Mechanism Verdicts of 16 February 2022
- The Council of Europe as a Union of States
- Stages towards Ever Closer Union
- Exploring the Terra Incognita
- Upgrading EU Citizenship Education
- In Limbo
- European Democracy
- Democratic Citizenship Education
- Emulating the Westphalian System
- Revolutionary Breakthrough
- Beyond Westphalia
- World Peace
- Why the EU Is Not an Empire
- The Originality of the EU as a Regional Democracy of States and Citizens
- Implications for Foreign Affairs and Global Governance
- The Identification of the EU as a New Kind of International Organisation
- Neither State….
- …nor Union of States
- Absolute Sovereignty Destroys Absolutely
- Changing Paradigms
- The Novelty of the EU
- A Union of States and Citizens
- A Bird's Eye View
- A Democratic International Organisation
- Practical Suggestions
- A New Vocabulary for a New EU Convention
- What Type of Democracy?
- Ever Closer Union
- Beyond the Conundrum
- Preparing for the 2024 Elections for the European Parliament
- A New Vocabulary for the Union
- Concise Bibliography
- Author Information
- Endnotes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 94-001-1220-3
- OCLC:
- 1372395947
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