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A more democratic community : the place of democracy in the history of European integration
Title
A more democratic community : the place of democracy in the history of European integration / edited by Sara Lorenzini and Umberto Tulli.
ISBN
9781805395423
1805395424
9781805395430
9781805395447
Publication
New York : Berghahn Books, 2024.
Copyright Notice Date
©2024
Physical Description
vi, 210 pages ; 24 cm.
Summary
"The histories of European unification and of West European democracy during the second half of the twentieth century have often been considered as separate or even antagonistic processes with the institutions of European integration being regarded as bastions of bureaucratic rule. A More Democratic Community challenges this assumption and argues that European integration benefited from the democratic accountability of member states while contributing to the validation of national democratic institutions. However, it also unveils a paradox: as integration deepened, it diminished the power of national parliaments, sparking a democratic accountability crisis within the Community. This insightful volume sheds light on pivotal reforms addressing Europe's perceived democratic deficit"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: More democratic community New York : Berghahn Books, 2024
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 20, 2024
Series
Studies in contemporary European history ; Volume 29
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : reflections on the place of democracy in the process of European integration / Sara Lorenzini
European integration and democracy : the complexities of a relationship / Martin Conway
Governance versus democracy : negotiating transnational European Union during the Cold War / Wolfram Kaiser
Making a rod for its own back : explaining Commission support for increasing European Parliament power, 1950-2000 / N. Piers Ludlow
Images and sounds of the "democratic deficit" : the Italian mass media and European integration in the 1950s / Gabriele D'Ottavio
An unexpected problem? : the Hague Summit and the democratic deficit / Umberto Tulli
A statement of the obvious? : the European Commission and the internal rationale of the Copenhagen criteria / Benedetto Zaccaria
The Spitzenkandidaten system and the "snakes and ladders" of EU parliamentary democracy / Emanuele Massetti
The illiberal fabric : mapping the geoculture of Viktor Orbán's Hungary / Stefano Bottoni
A democratic Brexit? : populism and democracy in the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union / Russell Foster.
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