1st Edition
Democracy in the European Union Towards the Emergence of a Public Sphere
232 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
232 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
232 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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An invaluable exploration of the concern that transfers of power to European Union institutions are producing a worrying new form of democratic deficit.
While ongoing reforms of these institutions promise to render decision processes at European level more transparent and accountable, these expert authors examine whether there is a European public sphere for citizens and their... Read more
- Introduction: The Political Sociology of the European Public Sphere
- Democratization and the European Union
- Participatory Governance in the European Union
- The Emergence of a European Political Class
- The Anti-Globalization Movement and the European Agenda
- The European Union as a Community of Values
- EU Accession and the Public Sphere in New Members States: the Case of the Czech Republic
- Conclusion: What Future for European Integration and Democracy?
John Crowley and Liana Giorgi
Liana Giorgi
Ingmar von Homeyer
Elise Feron, John Crowley and Liana Giorgi
Elise Feron
Liana Giorgi, Niki Rodousakis, Marisol Garcia and Martin Peterson
Michal Illner, Daniel Cermák, Tomáš Kostelecký and Jana Stachová
Wayne Parsons
Biography
Liana Giorgi is Vice-Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Comparative Research in the Social Sciences (ICCR), Austria.
Ingmar von Homeyer is a Senior Fellow at Ecologic, Institute for International and European Environmental Policy, Berlin/Brussels.
Wayne Parsons is Professor of Public Policy and Head of Department at Queen Mary, University of London, UK.
