TY  - BOOK
AU  - Abromeit,Heidrun
AU  - Abromeit,H.
TI  - Democracy in Europe: Legitimising Politics in a Non-State Polity 
SN  - 9781571819857
AV  - JN40 
U1  - 320.8/094 21/eng
PY  - 1998///]
CY  - New York, Oxford
PB  - Berghahn Books
KW  - Democracy
KW  - European Union countries
KW  - Legitimacy of governments
KW  - Political participation
KW  - Referendum
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political ideologies / Democracy
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - History: 20th Century to Present
N1  - Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; FOREWORD --; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS --; 1 INTRODUCTION --; 2 INCOMPATIBILITIES --; 3 INADEQUATE SOLUTIONS --; 4 IN SEARCH OF AN ADEQUATE MODEL --; 5 A PROPOSAL FOR THE DEMOCRATISATION OF THE EU --; 6 MAJOR OBJECTIONS --; 7 MODELS AND REALITIES --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX; restricted access
N2  - Since the beginning of the European Community students of international politics and of international, resp. Constitutional law, have been wondering what kind of animal it is, and will be, once integration has been completed. Whereas the EC Treaty of 1957 stressed the economic aspects and envisioned a steady and dynamic progress towards a Single Market, it was conspicuously silent about the political implications of integration and the new democratic order. What is needed, so the author argues in this powerful and original contribution to the debate on democratisation of the European Union, is a flexible system that supplements the European decision-making process with various direct democratic instruments such as the use of referenda. These would serve to increase the accountability of the politicians without demanding or requiring a definitive resolution of the exact constitutional status of the Union
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781782388005
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781782388005
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781782388005/original
ER  -