Democratic Governance and European Integration: Linking Societal and State Proce

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As the power and scope of the European Union moves further, beyond traditional forms of international cooperation between sovereign states, it is important to analyse how these developments are impacting upon national institutions and processes of democratic representation and legitimacy in the member countries.

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As the power and scope of the European Union moves further, beyond traditional forms of international cooperation between sovereign states, it is important to analyse how these developments are impacting upon national institutions and processes of democratic representation and legitimacy in the member countries. The authors in this book identify four core processes of democratic governance present in any democratic political system that link societal and state processes of decision-making: opinion formation, interest intermediation, national executive decision-making and national parliamentary scrutiny. From a normative perspective they discuss what impacts this process of Europeanization has on democracy in the evolving system. They conclude that more changes are seen within the state-centric than in the societal-centred processes of democracy, thus the public seems to have been 'left behind' in the process of constructing Europe. The empirical research and normative discussion presented in this book are designed to further our knowledge concerning the Europeanization of social and state processes of democracy and to contribute to the continuing dialogue on democracy in the European Union.This book will be of great interest to academics and researchers of political science, public policy and international relations, as well as those interested in European studies and comparative politics.

Author Biography

Edited by Ronald Holzhacker, Senior Lecturer, Comparative Political Science and International Relations, University of Groningen, The Netherlands and Erik Albæk, Professor of Political Science and Journalism, University of Southern Denmark

Table of Contents

Contents:Foreword1. Introduction: Democratic Governance and European IntegrationRonald Holzhacker and Erik AlbækPART I: OPINION FORMATION AND INTEREST INTERMEDIATION IN MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE2. Visibility and Framing of European Integration in the MediaClaes de Vreese3. Europeanization of Expert References in the Media? Researchers as Sources in Danish Daily Newspapers 1961–2001Erik Albæk, Peter Munk Christiansen, and Lise Togeby4. National Election Campaigns and European IssuesRonald Holzhacker and Andrea Römmele5. Resisting Change: European Integration and National Party SystemsTapio Raunio6. Interest Organizations and European integrationOve K. PedersenPART II: EXECUTIVE DECISION-MAKING AND NATIONAL PARLIAMENTARY SCRUTINY7. Undermining Democratic Governance in the Member States? The Europeanization of National Decision-MakingTanja A. Börzel and Carina Sprungk8. The Europeanization of National Executives: Changing Capacities and Ambivalent Effects on DemocracyIgnacio Molina and César Colino9. Adapting to Europe: Strategic Europeanization of National ParliamentsKatrin Auel10. National Parliamentary Scrutiny: Comparing Rules, Institutions and BehaviourRonald Holzhacker11. A Model for the Strictest Scrutiny? The Danish European Affairs Committee in a Party Group PerspectiveHenrik Jensen12. The Southern European Pattern of Parliamentary Scrutiny of EU Legislation: Emulating the French ModelJosé M. Magone13. The Role of the ECE Parliaments in EU IntegrationAttila ÁghIndex

Review

'. . . the book brings together a very competent group of scholars who cover the volume's theme rather comprehensively, and whose contributions are, at the same time, assembled into a coherent whole. The volume impresses particularly through its empirical richness. It constitutes a valuable contribution to knowledge and should be of interest to scholars and students working on democratic governance, Europeanization and European integration, more generally.' -- Arne Niemann, Acta Politica'This volume adds a significant new angle to the debate about democracy in Europe. In going beyond the well-established institutional politics at the European level, the contributions to this book take things further by covering in some detail what happens before decisions are taken in Brussels. In particular, the focus on issues such as the role of the media, the involvement of national administrations or the scrutiny of EU decisions by national parliaments provides a more comprehensive picture than we have had so far of "European democracy". This book will be of great interest to scholars and students of European integration.' -- Thomas Christiansen, European Institute of Public Administration, The Netherlands

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'. . . the book brings together a very competent group of scholars who cover the volume's theme rather comprehensively, and whose contributions are, at the same time, assembled into a coherent whole. The volume impresses particularly through its empirical richness. It constitutes a valuable contribution to knowledge and should be of interest to scholars and students working on democratic governance, Europeanization and European integration, more generally.'

Details ISBN1845424484 Pages 296 Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Year 2007 ISBN-10 1845424484 ISBN-13 9781845424480 Format Hardcover Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Subtitle Linking Societal and State Processes of Democracy Place of Publication Cheltenham Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Ronald Holzhacker DEWEY 341.2422 Illustrations Illustrations Author Erik Albaek Short Title Democratic Governance and European Integration Language English Media Book DOI 10.1604/9781845424480 Publication Date 2007-06-26 AU Release Date 2007-06-26 NZ Release Date 2007-06-26 UK Release Date 2007-06-26 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this

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