John Loughlin

Subnational Democracy in the European Union (eBook, PDF)

Challenges and Opportunities

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is the result of a research project carried out for the Committee of the Regions and analyses the 'state of play' of democratic practice at the subnational level in all of the European Member states. Its initial hypothesis was that liberal democracy is closely associated with the rise of the nation state in the 19th century. The nation state, however, has been significantly changing under the impact of various forces including globalization and regionalization, internal reforms of the public administration system such as privatization and deregulation, and the emergence of regions and local authorities as actors in their own rights. these changes pose challenges for the practice of democracy and, in particular, for its expression at the regional and local level. The book deals with the theoretical implications of these changes in terms of the changing nature of the state and new regionalism. However, one of the key findings is that there is no one uniform meaning of democracy across member states and there are variations even within a single state depending on whether the national or subnational levels are considered. Each country chapter gives the historical and philosophical background to the concept of democracy in each country. There is also an exposition of the institutional expression of democracy at the different levels. With regard to the practice of democracy at the subnational level, the role of pressure groups and policy networks is examined as well as the role of political parties. There is a survey of critiques of subnational democracy. Finally, there is a survey of innovative approaches to improving regional and local democracy through a variety of mechanisms and reforms as ways of responding to the challenge and opportunities facing it today

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. April 2001
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780191544705
• Artikelnr.: 56126295

Autorenporträt

Loughlin, John (Professor of European Politics, Cardiff University)

Inhaltsangabe

* Notes on Contributors
* List of Tables
* List of Figures
* 1: John Loughlin: Introduction: The Transformation of the Democratic
State in Western Europe
* Part 1: The Anglo-Saxon Tradition
* 2: John Loughlin: The United Kingdom: From Hypercentralization to
Devolution
* 3: John Loughlin: Ireland: From Colonized Nation to 'Celtic Tiger'
* Part 2: The Germanic Tradition
* 4: Udo Bullmann: Germany: Federalism under Strain
* 5: Udo Bullmann: Austria: The End of Proportional Government?
* 6: Frank Hendriks: The Netherlands: Reinventing Tradition in Local
and Regional Democracy
* 7: Frank Hendriks: Luxembourg: Change and Continuities in the Local
State
* Part 3: The Napoleonic Tradition
* 8: John Loughlin and Daniel-L. Seiler: France: Between Centralization
and Fragmentation
* 9: John Loughlin: Italy: The Crisis of the Second Republic
* 10: Eliseo Aja: Spain: Nation, Nationalities, and Regions
* 11: John Loughlin: Portugal: The Difficulties of Regionalization
* 12: John Loughlin: Greece: Between 'Henosis and Decentralization
* 13: Frank Hendriks: Belgium: Federalism and Subnational Democracy in
a Divided Country
* Part 4: The Scandinavian Tradition
* 14: Anders Lidström: Sweden: The End of the 'Swedish Model'?
* 15: Anders Lidström: Denmark: Between Scandinavian Democracy and
Neo-Liberalism
* 16: Anders Lidström: Finland: Geo-Political Changes and
Europeanization
* Part 5: Conclusions
* 17: John Loughlin: Conclusions: The Transformation of Regional and
Local Democracy in Western Europe
* Index