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

Erik Oddvar Eriksen, John Erik Fossum

ISBN 10: 0415605571 / ISBN 13: 9780415605571

Published by Routledge 2011-11-16, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rethinking Democracy and the European Union (Routledge Studies on Democratising Europe)
• Publisher: Routledge 2011-11-16
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415605571
• ISBN 13: 9780415605571
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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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.

About the Author

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.