This essay re-examines the dual – republican and liberal – foundations of democratic legitimacy in the Western traditions of normative political theory. Considered in isolation, the European Union conforms to liberal standards but cannot satisfy republican criteria. Given these conflicting standards, debates on the alleged European democratic deficit have remained inconclusive. Moreover, they have failed to pay sufficient attention to the multilevel character of the European polity and to the normative potential of legitimacy intermediation in its two-step compliance and legitimating relationships. I argue, however, that the capacity of democratic member states to legitimate the exercise of European governing functions is being destroyed in...
Defence date: 04 June 2008Examining Board: Professor Michael Keating, European University Institute,...
Defence date: 04 June 2008Examining Board: Professor Michael Keating, European University Institute,...
Defence date: 04 June 2008Examining Board: Professor Michael Keating, European University Institute,...
This essay re-examines the dual – republican and liberal – foundations of democratic legitimacy in t...
In order to be simultaneously effective and liberal, governments must normally be able to count on v...
In order to be simultaneously effective and liberal, governments must normally be able to count on v...
This paper provides a realist analysis of the EU's legitimacy. We propose a modification of Bernard ...
This paper provides a realist analysis of the EU's legitimacy. We propose a modification of Bernard ...
This paper provides a realist analysis of the EU's legitimacy. We propose a modification of Bernard ...
To be at the same time effective and liberal, governments must normally be able to count on voluntar...
[Introduction]. As the European Communities have unquestionably been exercising govermental power fo...
Defense date: 04/06/2008Examining Board: Professor Michael Keating, European University Institute, S...
[From the introduction]. While academic debates about the EU’s normative legitimacy have reached a r...
The function of legitimacy is to ensure voluntary compliance with unwelcome exercises of governing a...
The function of legitimacy is to ensure voluntary compliance with unwelcome exercises of governing a...
Defence date: 04 June 2008Examining Board: Professor Michael Keating, European University Institute,...
Defence date: 04 June 2008Examining Board: Professor Michael Keating, European University Institute,...
Defence date: 04 June 2008Examining Board: Professor Michael Keating, European University Institute,...
This essay re-examines the dual – republican and liberal – foundations of democratic legitimacy in t...
In order to be simultaneously effective and liberal, governments must normally be able to count on v...
In order to be simultaneously effective and liberal, governments must normally be able to count on v...
This paper provides a realist analysis of the EU's legitimacy. We propose a modification of Bernard ...
This paper provides a realist analysis of the EU's legitimacy. We propose a modification of Bernard ...
This paper provides a realist analysis of the EU's legitimacy. We propose a modification of Bernard ...
To be at the same time effective and liberal, governments must normally be able to count on voluntar...
[Introduction]. As the European Communities have unquestionably been exercising govermental power fo...
Defense date: 04/06/2008Examining Board: Professor Michael Keating, European University Institute, S...
[From the introduction]. While academic debates about the EU’s normative legitimacy have reached a r...
The function of legitimacy is to ensure voluntary compliance with unwelcome exercises of governing a...
The function of legitimacy is to ensure voluntary compliance with unwelcome exercises of governing a...
Defence date: 04 June 2008Examining Board: Professor Michael Keating, European University Institute,...
Defence date: 04 June 2008Examining Board: Professor Michael Keating, European University Institute,...
Defence date: 04 June 2008Examining Board: Professor Michael Keating, European University Institute,...