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Routledge Studies on Democratising Europe


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Routledge Studies on Democratising Europe focuses on the prospects for a citizens’ Europe by analysing the kind of order that is emerging in Europe. The books in the series take stock of the EU as an entity that has progressed beyond intergovernmentalism and consider how to account for this process and what makes it democratic. The emphasis is on citizenship, constitution-making, public sphere, enlargement, common foreign and security policy, and Europe society.

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Differentiation and Dominance in Europe’s Poly-Crises

Differentiation and Dominance in Europe’s Poly-Crises

1st Edition

Forthcoming

Edited By Jozef Bátora, John Erik Fossum
May 15, 2024

Against the backdrop of a more differentiated European Union, this book discusses the relationship between differentiation and domination in the EU in relation to how it has been transformed through the financial and refugee crises, the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and in ...

The Accountability of Expertise Making the Un-Elected Safe for Democracy

The Accountability of Expertise: Making the Un-Elected Safe for Democracy

1st Edition

Edited By Erik O. Eriksen
July 27, 2021

Based on in-depth studies of the relationship between expertise and democracy in Europe, this book presents a new approach to how the un-elected can be made safe for democracy. It addresses the challenge of reconciling modern governments’ need for knowledge with the demand for democratic legitimacy...

Towards a Segmented European Political Order The European Union's Post-crises Conundrum

Towards a Segmented European Political Order: The European Union's Post-crises Conundrum

1st Edition

Edited By Jozef Bátora, John Erik Fossum
November 25, 2019

This book makes a distinctive contribution to the crucial debate on the European Union (EU)’s present and future development. It systematically examines how the range of crises and challenges over the last decade have transformed the EU and relates those findings to the discussion of an ...

Expertisation and Democracy in Europe

Expertisation and Democracy in Europe

1st Edition

Edited By Magdalena Góra, Cathrine Holst, Marta Warat
December 01, 2017

Expertisation and Democracy in Europe provides a much-needed account of the role and re-organisation of expertise and expert knowledge in Europe and the European Union in a broad range of policy spheres, contributing to the debate triggered by the recent crises. It brings novel perspectives to ...

States of Democracy Gender and Politics in the European Union

States of Democracy: Gender and Politics in the European Union

1st Edition

Edited By Yvonne Galligan
February 07, 2017

The multi-layered political system of the European Union offers a unique environment for the study of comparative democracy. Its policies seek to give effect to an agreed range of values, including that of gender equality.   This book explores gender equality and democratic politics in Europe. It ...

Democratic Decision-making in the EU Technocracy in Disguise?

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

1st Edition

By Anne Elizabeth Stie
April 27, 2016

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 ...

Law, Democracy and Solidarity in a Post-national Union The unsettled political order of Europe

Law, Democracy and Solidarity in a Post-national Union: The unsettled political order of Europe

1st Edition

Edited By Erik Oddvar Eriksen, Christian Joerges, Florian Rödl
February 29, 2016

To many, the rejections of the Constitutional Treaty by Dutch and French voters in 2005 came as a shock. However, given the many tensions and the many unresolved issues it was quite unsurprising. The challenges facing the Constitutional debate go to the core of the European integration process as ...

The European Union's Non-Members Independence under hegemony?

The European Union's Non-Members: Independence under hegemony?

1st Edition

Edited By Erik Oddvar Eriksen, John Erik Fossum
May 27, 2015

The EU is a supranational organization, whose reach and influence extends well beyond its member states, especially to the many states that have signed various forms of association agreement with it. This book asks whether qualifying states who have eschewed EU membership experience negative ...

Rethinking Democracy and the European Union

Rethinking Democracy and the European Union

1st Edition

Edited By Erik Oddvar Eriksen, John Erik Fossum
January 17, 2012

While the Lisbon treaty was meant to clarify the European Union’s role and political identity, it remains a challenge for politicians and decision-makers to define. Rethinking Democracy and the European Union looks at both the concept of the EU as a political system, and analyses the meaning and ...

The Politicization of Europe Contesting the Constitution in the Mass Media

The Politicization of Europe: Contesting the Constitution in the Mass Media

1st Edition

By Paul Statham, Hans-Jörg Trenz
November 07, 2012

This book examines how mass media debates have contributed to the politicization of the European Union. The public controversies over the EU’s attempted Constitution-making (and its failure) sowed the seeds for a process of politicization that has advanced ever since: an increasing visibility for ...

The New Politics of European Civil Society

The New Politics of European Civil Society

1st Edition

Edited By Ulrike Liebert, Hans-Jörg Trenz
August 21, 2012

Over the past two decades, civil society has played a pivotal role in Europe, from the demise of Communist rule to the reunification of Europe, followed by the expansion of the single market to the reconstitution of democracy in the enlarged European Union. European civil society has emerged as a...

The European Union and the Public Sphere A Communicative Space in the Making?

The European Union and the Public Sphere: A Communicative Space in the Making?

1st Edition

Edited By John Erik Fossum, Philip R. Schlesinger
April 29, 2009

The European Union is often attacked for its ‘democratic deficit’, namely its deficiencies in representation, transparency and accountability, as well as its lack of popular support. Can these shortcomings be counteracted by the development of a viable European public sphere? This book assesses the...

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