Overview

Since Maastricht, the problem of EU legitimacy has emerged as a growing concern. Legitimacy and the European Union represents the first study to address the contours of the problem, integrating existing work on the 'democratic deficit' with emergent literature on the EU as a new kind of polity. This book argues that existing approaches to the legitimacy crisis are rooted in statist categories that poorly fit EU reality. The contributors show that the EU is increasingly emerging as a legitimate framework for political contestation in Europe and that the interaction of identities in Europe - regional, national and European - has reinforced EU legitimacy.

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Author:   Thomas Banchoff ,  Mitchell Smith
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780415181891

ISBN 10:   0415181895
Pages:   238
Publication Date:   28 January 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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... the book is a worthy addition to the literature. It could be useful for graduate classes in international relations in general and the EU and European politics in particular, adding as it does a strong argument for alternative ways of viewing the EU and non-state forms of governance.. <br>-Richard Robyn National Identities <br>

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