Anne Elizabeth Stie

Democratic Decision-making in the EU (eBook, ePUB)

Technocracy in Disguise?

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the democratic legitimacy of the European Union (EU) and evaluates the democratic credentials of the EU's main decision-making procedure. It finds that though there is potential for democratic decision-making in the EU, the actual process is dominated by technocrats and secret meetings.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135125462
• Artikelnr.: 38455891

Autorenporträt

Anne Eliabeth Stie is a postdoctoral fellow at University of Agder, Norway. She has previously worked at and is still affiliated with ARENA, Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo, Norway.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: democracy as idea and practice Part1: Theory,
approximation and background 2. What is democratic legitimacy? 3.
Approximating ideal principles to non-ideal conditions: The evaluative
framework 4. Background: from co-decision to the ordinary legislative
procedure Part II: Evaluation of the ordinary legislative procedure 5. A
democratic deliberative forum for the people? 6. Inclusion of affected and
competent parties 7. Openness and transparency 8. Neutralisation of
asymmetrical power relations 9. Decision-making capacity 10. OLP -
Democratic decision-making or technocracy in disguise?