Rethinking Democracy and the European Union

Author:   Erik Oddvar Eriksen ,  John Erik Fossum
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780415690720


Pages:   234
Publication Date:   16 November 2011
Format:   Paperback
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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 status of democracy in Europe today. This book draws upon leading scholars and practitioners from the RECON project (Reconstituting Democracy in Europe) to frame and analyse a range of institutional realms and policy fields, including constitutionalisation, representative developments, gender politics, civil society and public sphere, identity, and security and globalisation. Drawing together these strands, the book questions whether EU politics require a new theory of democracy, and evaluates the relationship between union and state, and the possible future of post-national democracy. Lucid and accessible, this book is at the forefront of the intellectual debate over the character of the EU, presenting research, theory and analysis on a critical political issue of our time. Rethinking Democracy and the European Union will be of interest to students and scholars of democracy, European Union politics and international relations.

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Author:   Erik Oddvar Eriksen ,  John Erik Fossum
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.460kg
ISBN:  

9780415690720


ISBN 10:   0415690722
Pages:   234
Publication Date:   16 November 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Reconfiguring European Democracy Erik Oddvar Eriksen and John Erik Fossum 2. Europe’s Challenge: Reconstituting Europe or Reconfiguring Democracy? Erik Oddvar Eriksen and John Erik Fossum 3. A Democratic Audit Framework Christopher Lord 4. Democracy and Constitution making in the European Union John Erik Fossum and Agustín José Menéndez 5. The European Union’s Multilevel Parliamentary Field John Erik Fossum and Ben Crum 6. Gender, Justice and Democracy in the European Union Yvonne Galligan 7. Civil Society, Public Sphere and Democracy in the European Union Hans Jürg Trenz and Ulrike Liebert 8. From what is the patient suffering? Alternative Diagnoses and Democratic Remedies in the Foreign and Security Dimension Helene Sjursen 9. Democracy Reconstituting Democracy in Europe and Constituting the European Demos? Magdalena Góra, Zdzislaw Mach and Hans-Jörg Trenz 10. Cosmopolitanism in the European Union and Canada Compared John Erik Fossum 11. Conclusion Erik Oddvar Eriksen and John Erik Fossum

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Erik O. Eriksen is Director and Professor at ARENA -- Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo. John Erik Fossum is Professor at ARENA -- Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo.

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