The European Union: How Democratic Is It?

The European Union: How Democratic Is It?
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Publisher : SAGE
Total Pages : 308
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ISBN-10 : 076195113X
ISBN-13 : 9780761951131
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Book Synopsis The European Union: How Democratic Is It? by : Svein S Andersen

Download or read book The European Union: How Democratic Is It? written by Svein S Andersen and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1996-02-27 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. 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 France, Italy and Belgium where the r

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