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.

Author Biography

MICHAEL BRÜGGEMANN is Research Fellow at the Collaborative Research Center on 'Transformations of the State', University of Bremen, GermanySARA CLAVERO is Research Fellow at Queen's University Belfast, Northern IrelandGERARD 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 IrelandRANDALL D. GERMAIN is Associate Professor of Political Science at Carleton University, CanadaJustin Greenwood is Professor of European Public Policy at the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, ScotlandKATHARINA KLEINEN-V.KÖNIGSLÖW is Research Fellow at the Collaborative Research Center 'Transformations of the State', University of Bremen, GermanyLAWRENCE LEDUC is Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto, CanadaDAVID OST is Professor of Political Science at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York, USATAMTAPIO RAUNIO is Professor of Political Science at the University of Tampere, FinlandSTEFANIE SIFFT is Research Fellow at the Collaborative Research Center 'Transformations of the State', University of Bremen, GermanyJENNIFER SMITH is Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Dalhousie University in Halifax, CanadaHARTMUT WESSLER is Professor of Mass Communication at International University Bremen, GermanyANDREAS WIMMEL Assistant Professor at the Department ofPolitical Science at the Institute for Advances Studies in Vienna, Austria

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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Details ISBN1349352896 Language English ISBN-10 1349352896 ISBN-13 9781349352890 Format Paperback Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Short Title DEMOCRATIC DILEMMAS OF MULTILE Media Book Year 2007 Publication Date 2007-01-01 Pages 255 Edition 1st Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Subtitle Legitimacy, Representation and Accountability in the European Union Place of Publication Basingstoke Country of Publication United Kingdom UK Release Date 2007-01-01 AU Release Date 2007-01-01 NZ Release Date 2007-01-01 Illustrations XIX, 255 p. Author A. Hurrelmann Edited by A. Hurrelmann Edition Description 1st ed. 2007 Series Transformations of the State Alternative 9780230500778 DEWEY 341.2422 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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