demonstrates, however, that the high degree of military integration among the EU states serves as a functional equivalent to the … notion of a democratic deficit in the intergovernmental second pillar of the EU may come as a surprise. This paper … governance or democratic theory may argue that a democratic deficit in this issue area is indeed less troubling than in other …

This chapter reflects on the ongoing democratic legitimacy challenges in the EU and what they might mean for the future … nexus', in which the nature of the EU's legitimacy (largely technocratic and administrative rather than robustly democratic … expansion of the EU's rulemaking, enforcement, and adjudicative powers, integration remains dependent upon forms of resource …

casts doubt on the legitimacy and desirability of its rules and policies. First this chapter outlines teh two strands of … governance. Fourthly, potential limits to the WTO's mandate, which might strike a more appropriate balance between national …This chapter will analyze arguments that the World Trade Organization (WTO) suffers from a 'democratic deficit', which …

member states become the main recipients of EU funding, Eastern Europe has also changed from once being the most integration …-friendly region to displaying the most integration-hostile attitudes in the EU. Motivated by this empirical puzzle, we revisit the … relationship between structural 'convergence' funding and Euroscepticism and ask where - if at all - is the EU's convergence …

member states become the main recipients of EU funding, Eastern Europe has also changed from once being the most integration …-friendly region to displaying the most integration-hostile attitudes in the EU. Motivated by this empirical puzzle, we revisit the … relationship between structural 'convergence' funding and Euroscepticism and ask where - if at all - is the EU's convergence …

conditions corporations may compensate for the emerging democratic deficit and reestablish their legitimacy by internalizing …, especially when multinational corporations operate in locations where national governance mechanisms are weak or even fail, where … acceptance of the business firm and its corporate political activities and, thus, to a loss of corporate legitimacy. Under these …

on Governance (2001) proposes a new basis for the EU's institutional legitimacy. However, this conceptual re …-foundation gives rise to new and fundamental questions. To speak of governance within democracy is indeed unthinkable unless quot …;democracyquot; is redefined as a form of government where the legitimacy of public action (as well as its efficiency) is made possible …

The euro crisis has sparked changes in the EU's economic governance framework and a crisis of legitimacy across the … level has received much less attention. This paper aims to fill this gap, focusing on the procedural changes that the EU …'s new economic governance (NEG) framework has brought to national budgetary decision‐making. Building upon the Varieties of …

with the legitimacy issues that were facing the EMU/EU in the aftermath of the Euro crisis, as well as the accountability … and transparency arrangements that obtain in the area of EU economic governance. The focus then shifts to the further … legitimacy of EMU/EU. It will be shown that, although there has been some progress made in terms of accountability and …