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9780719056666

Democratizing the European Union : Issues for the Twenty-First Century

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    9780719056666

  • ISBN10:

    0719056667

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 2001-07-06
  • Publisher: Manchester University Press
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Summary

The European Union's "democratic deficit," and ways that might be found to resolve it, are important issues in both academic debate and practical politics. This book offers a fresh approach to the subject by bringing together a diverse range of authors who have been actively involved either in analyzing the activities of the EU or in participating in them. It goes beyond a primarily institutional approach by highlighting the less obvious barriers to participation experienced by those campaigning for the rights of disadvantaged groups.

Author Biography

Catherine Hoskyns is Jean Monnet Professor of European Studies at Coventry University.

Michael Newman is Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration Studies and Professor of Politics at the University of North London.

Table of Contents

List of contributors
viii
Acknowledgements x
List of abbreviations
xi
Introduction
1(11)
Michael Newman
The historical context
1(3)
Definitions of democracy
4(5)
Creating the `substance of politics'
9(3)
Social solidarity in the Delors period: barriers to participation
12(27)
Sue Cohen
The EU movement for social solidarity
13(5)
Consensus politics
18(2)
The Delors/Durkheim connection
20(10)
The EU experience
30(4)
Conclusion
34(5)
Reconciling suprastatism and accountability: a view from Sweden
39(26)
Sverker Gustavsson
One problem, five solutions
40(2)
Provisionalize suprastatism
42(4)
Surrender representation
46(3)
Abandon accountability
49(4)
Criteria of evaluation
53(8)
Under the auspices of the Stability Pact
61(4)
A Europe of the peoples? New Labour and democratizing the EU
65(28)
Stefano Fella
A new agenda for democracy
69(3)
Capitalist club or guardian of European social democracy?
72(4)
Blair and the intergovernmental conference of 1996-97
76(3)
The Treaty of Amsterdam
79(2)
A third way for Europe?
81(12)
How democratic is the European Parliament?
93(24)
John Lambert
Catherine Hoskyns
Two models
94(1)
The shuttle
95(5)
The tug-of-war
100(4)
Accountability, mismanagement and fraud
104(5)
The Parliament's `other' role
109(3)
The issue of democracy
112(5)
Controlling Monetary Union
117(22)
Valerio Lintner
The nature and implications of EMU
117(4)
Maastricht: an appropriate and democratic model for EMU?
121(8)
Alternative ways forward
129(10)
Eastern enlargement and democracy
139(17)
Mary Kaldor
Democracy in the CEECs
140(4)
The challenge of enlargement
144(6)
Towards a European democratic space
150(6)
Democratization: a constitutionalizing process
156(20)
Richard Kuper
Two constitutional traditions
157(2)
Is a constitution - of any kind - what the European Union needs?
159(2)
The impossibility of standing still
161(2)
Democracy and citizenship in Europe
163(4)
What is to be done?
167(5)
Conclusion
172(4)
Democratizing the EU: evidence and argument
176(28)
Catherine Hoskyns
The substance of politics
177(2)
Transparency and accountability
179(3)
Constitutive decisions and legitimacy
182(3)
Values and leadership
185(2)
The emerging picture
187(1)
The contribution of theory
188(5)
Treaty revision
193(5)
Evidence and argument
198(6)
Index 204

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