Product details
- Categories: Democracy
- Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
- ISBN: 9781786613387
- Publication Date: 30/07/2019
- Binding: Paperback
- Number of pages: 386
- Language: English
Summary
Representative democracy is beset
by a crisis of legitimacy across the world, but in Europe this crisis
is compounded by the inadequacy of national governments to address
citizens’ frustrations and to achieve transnational unity on common
issues. How representative are national parliaments in their
decision-making on EU matters?
This
volume investigates the relationship between the democratic
institutions of the member states and those of the EU. With a focus on
polity rather than policy, it looks at voting and decision-shaping
mechanisms in selected member states, in particular the
‘Europeanisation’ of representative democracy at national level. It also
assesses the state of parliamentary democracy at the EU level. Expert
analysts share their insights into the changing nature of our political
eco-systems and the (dis)connections within and between them.
Representative Democracy in the EU: Recovering Legitimacy is part of the ‘Towards a Citizens’ Union’ project co-funded by the EU’s Erasmus+ Programme. It is the product of collaboration with 20 renowned think tanks from the European Policy Institutes Network (EPIN). This volume follows the first in the series, Direct Democracy in the EU: The Myth of a Citizens’ Union. A third and final publication will offer ideas for how democratic institutions and processes can meet the challenges facing Europe today.