'The 'democratic deficit' represents a greater problem for EU member-states individually than for the EU as a whole. Legitimacy for the EU is problematic mainly if it is contrasted with a national democracy such as the US, which has finality as a nation-state and legitimacy predicated on government 'by, of, and for the people' as well as 'with the people'. Instead, the EU is best considered as a regional state, with divided sovereignty, variable boundaries, multiple levels and modes of governance, composite identity, and an incomplete democracy in which government for and with the people is emphasized over and above government by and of the people. This puts special burdens on national politics and demands better discourse to legitimize the...
'The paper begins by examining the functions of input-oriented and output-oriented legitimating argu...
This essay re-examines the dual – republican and liberal – foundations of democratic legitimacy in t...
Concern about the EU’s ‘democratic deficit’ is misplaced. Judged against prevailing standards in exi...
'Das 'Demokratiedefizit' der EU stellt für die einzelnen EU-Mitgliedsstaaten ein größeres Problem da...
The ‘democratic deficit’ represents a greater problem for EU member-states individually than for the...
Democratic legitimacy for the EU is problematic if it is seen as a future nation-state. If instead t...
'Das 'Demokratiedefizit' der EU stellt für die einzelnen EU-Mitgliedsstaaten ein größeres Problem da...
Democratic legitimacy for the EU is problematic if it is seen as a future nation-state. If instead t...
Democratic legitimacy for the EU is problematic if it is seen as a future nation-state. If instead t...
'The following two papers summarize preliminary findings of a research project on 'Democratic Legiti...
The European Union is established for economic purposes and has a sui generis structure. For the Eur...
Defense date: 04/06/2008Examining Board: Professor Michael Keating, European University Institute, S...
'Nach einer verbreiteten Auffassung hat die Transformation der EU zu einem Regime mit supranationale...
The paper examines the role of »democracy« in the process of European integration. In the first part...
The European Union is based on and functions according to democratic principles. However, there is a...
'The paper begins by examining the functions of input-oriented and output-oriented legitimating argu...
This essay re-examines the dual – republican and liberal – foundations of democratic legitimacy in t...
Concern about the EU’s ‘democratic deficit’ is misplaced. Judged against prevailing standards in exi...
'Das 'Demokratiedefizit' der EU stellt für die einzelnen EU-Mitgliedsstaaten ein größeres Problem da...
The ‘democratic deficit’ represents a greater problem for EU member-states individually than for the...
Democratic legitimacy for the EU is problematic if it is seen as a future nation-state. If instead t...
'Das 'Demokratiedefizit' der EU stellt für die einzelnen EU-Mitgliedsstaaten ein größeres Problem da...
Democratic legitimacy for the EU is problematic if it is seen as a future nation-state. If instead t...
Democratic legitimacy for the EU is problematic if it is seen as a future nation-state. If instead t...
'The following two papers summarize preliminary findings of a research project on 'Democratic Legiti...
The European Union is established for economic purposes and has a sui generis structure. For the Eur...
Defense date: 04/06/2008Examining Board: Professor Michael Keating, European University Institute, S...
'Nach einer verbreiteten Auffassung hat die Transformation der EU zu einem Regime mit supranationale...
The paper examines the role of »democracy« in the process of European integration. In the first part...
The European Union is based on and functions according to democratic principles. However, there is a...
'The paper begins by examining the functions of input-oriented and output-oriented legitimating argu...
This essay re-examines the dual – republican and liberal – foundations of democratic legitimacy in t...
Concern about the EU’s ‘democratic deficit’ is misplaced. Judged against prevailing standards in exi...