Rethinking Democracy and the European Union (Routledge Studies on Democratising Europe) - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0415690722 ISBN 13 : 9780415690720

Editeur : Routledge, 2011

Synopsis

While the Lisbon treaty was meant to clarify the European Union's role and political identity, it remains a challenge for politicians and decision-makers to define. Rethinking Democracy and the European Union looks at both the concept of the EU as a political system, and analyses the meaning and status of democracy in Europe today. This book draws upon leading scholars and practitioners from the RECON project (Reconstituting Democracy in Europe) to frame and analyse a range of institutional realms and policy fields, including constitutionalisation, representative developments, gender politics, civil society and public sphere, identity, and security and globalisation. Drawing together these strands, the book questions whether EU politics require a new theory of democracy, and evaluates the relationship between union and state, and the possible future of post-national democracy. Lucid and accessible, this book is at the forefront of the intellectual debate over the character of the EU, presenting research, theory and analysis on a critical political issue of our time. Rethinking Democracy and the European Union will be of interest to students and scholars of democracy, European Union politics and international relations.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Erik O. Eriksen is Director and Professor at ARENA – Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo.

John Erik Fossum is Professor at ARENA – Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0415690722
• ISBN 13: 9780415690720
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 248