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Democratic Decision-making in the EU: Technocracy in Disguise? book cover

1st Edition

Democratic Decision-making in the EU Technocracy in Disguise?

By Anne Elizabeth Stie Copyright 2013
256 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book examines the democratic legitimacy of the European Union (EU) and evaluates the democratic credentials of the EU’s main decision-making procedure. It finds that though there is potential for democratic decision-making in the EU, the actual process is dominated by technocrats and secret meetings. The book assesses and discusses the conditions for democratic input in decision-making... Read more

1. Introduction: democracy as idea and practice  Part1: Theory, approximation and background  2. What is democratic legitimacy?  3. Approximating ideal principles to non-ideal conditions: The evaluative framework  4. Background: from co-decision to the ordinary legislative procedure  Part II: Evaluation of the ordinary legislative procedure  5. A democratic deliberative forum for the people?  6. Inclusion of affected and competent parties  7. Openness and transparency  8. Neutralisation of asymmetrical power relations  9. Decision-making capacity  10. OLP – Democratic decision-making or technocracy in disguise?

Biography

Anne Eliabeth Stie is a postdoctoral fellow at University of Agder, Norway. She has previously worked at and is still affiliated with ARENA, Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo, Norway.

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