1st Edition

Democratizing the European Union Issues for the Twenty-first Century

By Catherine Hoskyns, Michael Newan Copyright 2000
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

The European Union's "democratic deficit" and ways that might be found to resolve it are hot issues in both academic debate and practical politics. Democratizing the European Union offers a fresh approach to this subject by bringing together a diverse range of authors who have been actively involved either in analyzing the activities of the European Union or participating in them.The contributors... Read more
1: Introduction; 2: Social solidarity in the Delors period: barriers to participation; 3: Reconciling suprastatism and accountability: a view from Sweden; 4: A Europe of the peoples? – New Labour and democratizing the EU; 5: How democratic is the European Parliament?; 6: Controlling Monetary Union; 7: Eastern enlargement and democracy; 8: Democratization: a constitutionalizing process; 9: Democratizing the EU: evidence and argument

Biography

Catherine Hoskyns