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 The European Union: How Democratic Is It? By Prof Svein Andersen, Professor Kjell A Eliassen * Publisher: Publications Ltd * Number Of Pages: 304 * Publication Date: 1996-02-27 * ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0761951121 * ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780761951124 Product Description: Taking as its starting point the major issues of democracy which are the ongoing concerns of every liberal Western political system, this volume offers a wide-ranging review of democracy in the European Union. It treats the EU as a new type of political system within the tradition of parliamentary democracies, a system which is neither federal nor intergovernmental, and which consequently has unique problems of how to handle democratic requirements. The major challenge for the EU is institutional design to establish democratic institutions for supranational policy-making. The EU design involves the roles of formal and informal actors, associations, citizens and societal interests in the decision-making process. The democratic challenges have to do with how authoritative decisions are made, with implications for effectiveness and sovereignty within the EU. Part One deals with the two major challenges of interest articulation in the EU, political parties and lobbying. The second part discusses how democracy becomes the key element in the linkage between the EU and its member states, focusing on three countries where the relation to the EU constitutes an important part Read more...
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