Democratic Dilemmas of Multilevel Governance: Legitimacy, Representation and Acc

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Focusing on the EU, this volume, with a combination of theoretical perspectives and empirical research, examines the problems multilevel governance causes for democratic legitimacy by placing it in a comparative and theoretical context, and explore how challenges faced by the EU compare with those faced by traditional federal systems worldwide.

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Focusing on the EU, this volume, with a combination of theoretical perspectives and empirical research, examines the problems multilevel governance causes for democratic legitimacy by placing it in a comparative and theoretical context, and explore how challenges faced by the EU compare with those faced by traditional federal systems worldwide.

Notes

1 Examines much discussed 'democratic deficit' within the EU2 Places EU within international and comparative context3 Suggests how democracy can be improved within governance systems with multiple and interconnected levels of political authority

Author Biography

JOAN DEBARDELEBEN is Director of the Centre for European Studies and Professor of Political Science and of European and Russian Studies at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. After completing a B.A. in Russian Language and Literature, she received her PhD in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. DeBardeleben's research deals with Russian politics, including public opinion, elections, federalism and EU-Russian relations. Recent publications include: Soft or Hard Borders: Managing the Divide in an Enlarged Europe (editor and contributor); 'Russia', in M. Kesselm

Table of Contents

List of Tables List of Figures List of Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Preface Introduction; J.DeBardeleben & A.Hurrelman PART ONE: MULTILEVEL GOVERNANCE AND DEMOCRATIC LEGITIMACY: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES Multilevel Legitimacy: Conceptualizing Legitimacy Relationships Between the EU and National Democracies; A.Hurrelmann Federalism and Democratic Accountability; J.Smith Between Anarchy and Hierarchy: Governance Lessons From Global Economic Institiutions; R.Germain PART TWO: SOCIAL UNDERPINNINGS OF DEMOCRACY IN THE EU Europeanization and Democracy: The Question of Cultural Identity; G.Delanty The Quest for a European Public Sphere: News Media and Democratic Legitimacy; H.Wessler, M.Brüggemann, K.Kleinen-von Königslöw, S.Sifft & A.Wimmel Is There a European Society? Social Conditions for Democracy in the European Union; A.Hurrelmann PART THREE: POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN THE EU'S MULTILEVEL SYSTEM European Elections and Democratic Accountability: The 2004 Elections to the European Parliament; L.LeDuc National Parliaments and European Integration: Learning to Play the Multilevel Game; T.Raunio Organized Civil Society and Input Legitimacy in the EU; J.Greenwood PART FOUR: EU ENLARGEMENT, DEMOCRACY AND MULTILEVEL GOVERNANCE Euroscepticism as a Path for Inclusion: Multilevel Governance in the EU as Seen from the East; D.Ost Gender Equality and Multilevel Governance in East Central Europe; Y.Galligan & S.Clavero Conclusion; J>DeBardeleben & A.Hurrelmann Bibliography Index

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MICHAEL BRUGGEMANN is Research Fellow at the Collaborative Research Center on 'Transformations of the State', University of Bremen, Germany SARA CLAVERO is Research Fellow at Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland GERARD DELANTY is Professor of Sociology, University of Liverpool, UK YVONNE GALLIGAN is Associate Professor and Director of the Centre for Advancement of Women in Politics, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland RANDALL D. GERMAIN is Associate Professor of Political Science at Carleton University, Canada Justin Greenwood is Professor of European Public Policy at the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland KATHARINA KLEINEN-V.KONIGSLOW is Research Fellow at the Collaborative Research Center 'Transformations of the State', University of Bremen, Germany LAWRENCE LEDUC is Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto, Canada DAVID OST is Professor of Political Science at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York, USA TAM TAPIO RAUNIO is Professor of Political Science at the University of Tampere, Finland STEFANIE SIFFT is Research Fellow at the Collaborative Research Center 'Transformations of the State', University of Bremen, Germany JENNIFER SMITH is Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada HARTMUT WESSLER is Professor of Mass Communication at International University Bremen, Germany ANDREAS WIMMEL Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science at the Institute for Advances Studies in Vienna, Austria

Long Description

The 'democratic deficit' of the European Union is a much discussed-concern of politicians and commentators, and this insightful collection argues that this is a result of the multi-level nature of EU governance. Popular loyalties become divided between levels of government, lines of accountability become ambiguous and supranational institutions seem distant from citizens.These challenges are part of broader globalizing processes that have destabilized the traditional notion of the nation state and replaced it with multilevel forms of governance across the globe. Focusing on the EU, this volume examines the problems multilevel governance causes for democratic legitimacy by placing it in a comparative and theoretical context, and explore how challenges faced by the EU compare with those faced by traditional federal systems worldwide. Through a combination of theoretical perspectives and empirical research, this book offers the means to evaluate the various explanations for the problems facing democracy within the EU and shows how legitimacy and accountability can be improved.

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Ten original essays analyze current patterns of civil society consultation in thirty two inter-governmental organizations and regimes, concluding that while civil society consultation has great potential, most institutional arrangements developed so far fall short of realizing its democratizing capacity.

Details ISBN0230500773 Short Title DEMOCRATIC DILEMMAS OF MULTILE Pages 255 Series Transformations of the State Language English ISBN-10 0230500773 ISBN-13 9780230500778 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2007 Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Subtitle Legitimacy, Representation and Accountability in the European Union Country of Publication United Kingdom Place of Publication Basingstoke DOI 10.1604/9780230500778 AU Release Date 2007-09-27 NZ Release Date 2007-09-27 UK Release Date 2007-09-27 Edited by A. Hurrelmann Author A. Hurrelmann Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Publication Date 2007-09-27 Alternative 9781349352890 DEWEY 341.2422 Illustrations XIX, 255 p. Audience Undergraduate We've got this

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