Democratic Dilemmas of Multilevel Governance (eBook, PDF)

Legitimacy, Representation and Accountability in the European Union
Redaktion: Debardeleben, J.; Hurrelmann, A.

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Produktbeschreibung

Focusing on the EU, this volume, with a combination of theoretical perspectives and empirical research, examines the problems multilevel governance causes for democratic legitimacy by placing it in a comparative and theoretical context, and explore how challenges faced by the EU compare with those faced by traditional federal systems worldwide.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Seitenzahl: 255
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230591783
• Artikelnr.: 38153023

Autorenporträt

MICHAEL BRÜGGEMANN is Research Fellow at the Collaborative Research Center on 'Transformations of the State', University of Bremen, Germany SARA CLAVERO is Research Fellow at Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland GERARD DELANTY is Professor of Sociology, University of Liverpool, UK YVONNE GALLIGAN is Associate Professor and Director of the Centre for Advancement of Women in Politics, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland RANDALL D. GERMAIN is Associate Professor of Political Science at Carleton University, Canada Justin Greenwood is Professor of European Public Policy at the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland KATHARINA KLEINEN-V.KÖNIGSLÖW is Research Fellow at the Collaborative Research Center 'Transformations of the State', University of Bremen, Germany LAWRENCE LEDUC is Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto, Canada DAVID OST is Professor of Political Science at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York, USA TAM TAPIO RAUNIO is Professor of Political Science at the University of Tampere, Finland STEFANIE SIFFT is Research Fellow at the Collaborative Research Center 'Transformations of the State', University of Bremen, Germany JENNIFER SMITH is Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada HARTMUT WESSLER is Professor of Mass Communication at International University Bremen, Germany ANDREAS WIMMEL Assistant Professor at the Department ofPolitical Science at the Institute for Advances Studies in Vienna, Austria

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables List of Figures List of Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Preface Introduction; J.DeBardeleben & A.Hurrelman PART ONE: MULTILEVEL GOVERNANCE AND DEMOCRATIC LEGITIMACY: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES Multilevel Legitimacy: Conceptualizing Legitimacy Relationships Between the EU and National Democracies; A.Hurrelmann Federalism and Democratic Accountability; J.Smith Between Anarchy and Hierarchy: Governance Lessons From Global Economic Institiutions; R.Germain PART TWO: SOCIAL UNDERPINNINGS OF DEMOCRACY IN THE EU Europeanization and Democracy: The Question of Cultural Identity; G.Delanty The Quest for a European Public Sphere: News Media and Democratic Legitimacy; H.Wessler, M.Brüggemann, K.Kleinen-von Königslöw, S.Sifft & A.Wimmel Is There a European Society? Social Conditions for Democracy in the European Union; A.Hurrelmann PART THREE: POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN THE EU'S MULTILEVEL SYSTEM European Elections and Democratic Accountability: The 2004 Elections to the European Parliament; L.LeDuc National Parliaments and European Integration: Learning to Play the Multilevel Game; T.Raunio Organized Civil Society and Input Legitimacy in the EU; J.Greenwood PART FOUR: EU ENLARGEMENT, DEMOCRACY AND MULTILEVEL GOVERNANCE Euroscepticism as a Path for Inclusion: Multilevel Governance in the EU as Seen from the East; D.Ost Gender Equality and Multilevel Governance in East Central Europe; Y.Galligan & S.Clavero Conclusion; JDeBardeleben & A.Hurrelmann Bibliography Index