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Reconstituting Political Representation in the EU: The analytical framework and the operationalisation of the RECON models
Emmanuel Sigalas, Monika Mokre, Johannes Pollak, Jozef … - RECON - 2009
In this paper we elaborate on the analytical framework linking the three RECON democracy models to political …-cosmopolitan democracy as ideal-types we develop a theoretical and operational framework that guides our empirical research on the prospects … electorate will be different in each democracy model. In the case of a delegated EU democracy the national political parties will …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543456
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Transnational Justice and Democracy
Forst, Rainer - RECON - 2011
) incompatibility between democracy and justice; the idea that a context of justice only exists within the confines of a state; and the … view that political democracy presupposes a demos organised within a state. Only if these dogmas are overcome can a proper … conception of transnational justice and democracy be worked out. The key to this is the right picture of justice as based on a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009643140
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The dynamics of legitimation - Why the study of political legitimacy needs more realism
Gaus, Daniel - RECON - 2011
The paper suggests a practice turn in the analysis of political legitimacy. Current social science research on political legitimacy suffers twofold. First, it shows an undue (silent) impact of an ethics-first perspective. Second, empirical approaches to political legitimacy mostly focus on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009644125
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The quality of democracy in the Czech Republic
Mansfeldová, Zdenka; Guasti, Petra Rakušanová - RECON - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008680865
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The politics of justification? Applying the ‘discourse quality index’ to the study of the European Parliament
Lord, Christopher; Tamvaki, Dionysia - RECON - 2011
In this paper, we apply a revised version of the discourse quality index (DQI) developed by Steenbergen et al. on European Parliament debates in an attempt to evaluate the democratic quality of representation at the EU level. This updated measurement instrument, after the inclusion of new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008836254
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Reasserting the Nation State: The Trajectory of Euroscepticism in the Netherlands 1992-2005
Wilde, Pieter de - RECON - 2009
Scholarly debate on party-based Euroscepticism centers on the questions of how to define, measure and explain Euroscepticism. As a starting point, this paper observes that studies on Euroscepticism either focus on the positions of individual parties on issues of European integration or on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005040503
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Human rights in European Union’s foreign policy: Universal in discourse, flexible in practice
Türkeş, Selin Merzuka - RECON - 2011
Establishing a cornerstone, a fundamental reference point in the new world order, human rights have been a very much cherished but very loosely adopted concept. Thus, in international relations, human rights emerged as a critical issue while the European Union appeared as a remarkable player....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009225751
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Moving away from unanimity: Ratification of the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union
Montero, Carlos Closa - RECON - 2011
The Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union (TSCG) removes the unanimity requirement for entry into force. This innovation is possible because, technically, the TSCG I not an EU Treaty. It is not constructed as a reform of the EU Treaties following...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009492800
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Social insurance mechanisms in the European Union
Lyons, Katherine; Cheyne, Christine - RECON - 2011
Social insurance is an established method of social protection in certain European Union (EU) member states and has been introduced more widely as a means of minimising the threats to social welfare expenditure from economic crisis and ageing populations. With the recent global financial crisis,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009645436
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Decision-making void of democratic qualities?An evaluation of the EU’s foreign and security policy
Stie, Anne Elizabeth - RECON - 2008
from the perspective of deliberative democracy. The focus is on the procedural qualities of the second pillar decision …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005040516