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Representation through deliberation. The European case
Eriksen, Erik Oddvar; Fossum, John Erik - ARENA - 2011
This paper shows that the main pattern of European democratisation has unfolded along the lines of an EU organised as a multilevel system of representative parliamentary government and not as a system of deliberative governance as the transnationalists propound. But the multilevel EU has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010862201
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Representation through deliberation. The European case
Eriksen, Erik Oddvar; Fossum, John Erik - ARENA - 2011
This paper shows that the main pattern of European democratisation has unfolded along the lines of an EU organised as a multilevel system of representative parliamentary government and not as a system of deliberative governance as the transnationalists propound. But the multilevel EU has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010734493
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Enlightened Decision Making. The Role of Scientists in EU Governance
Gornitzka, Åse; Sverdrup, Ulf - ARENA - 2010
legitimacy, but it is sometimes interpreted as technocratic rule antithetical to legitimacy. In this paper we examine empirically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008611117
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EU Governance in an Area of Freedom, Security and Justice: Logics of Decision-making in the Justice and Home Affairs Council
Aus, Jonathan P. - ARENA - 2007
This collection of articles examines some of the legislative cornerstones of the emerging EU Area of Freedom, Security and Justice in light of the research question whether the relevant decision-making processes in the Justice and Home Affairs Council may best be understood from a Rationalist or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005040275
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Bicameral Politics in the European Union
Hoyland, Bjorn; Hagemann, Sara - ARENA - 2007
Quantitative research in the field of European Union (EU) politics has focused on the internal dynamics of either the Council of Ministers (the Council) or the European Parliament (the Parliament). Theoretical accounts of bicameralism in the EU have understood the Parliament as a unitary actor....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005040252
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Building Europe’s Constitution. The parliamentarization and institutionalization of human rights
Rittberger, Berthold; Schimmelfennig, Frank - ARENA - 2006
to undermine national or other international human rights provisions, the more salient the “legitimacy deficit” of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005040257
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Contesting EU Legitimacy
Wilde, Pieter de; Trenz, Hans-Jörg; Michailidou, Asimina - ARENA - 2010
This paper analyses the prominence, content and justifications of Euroscepticism as a form of EU legitimacy … contestation, mediation and formation of public opinion in the public sphere. Our survey delivers original data on EU legitimacy …. Thirdly, we find that a primary concern in EU legitimacy contestation is democracy, especially for those evaluating EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010734487
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Contesting EU Legitimacy
Wilde, Pieter de; Trenz, Hans-Jörg; Michailidou, Asimina - ARENA - 2010
This paper analyses the prominence, content and justifications of Euroscepticism as a form of EU legitimacy … contestation, mediation and formation of public opinion in the public sphere. Our survey delivers original data on EU legitimacy …. Thirdly, we find that a primary concern in EU legitimacy contestation is democracy, especially for those evaluating EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010734499
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The Ups and Downs of Bureaucratic Organization
Olsen, Johan P. - ARENA - 2007
Why do democracies give birth to bureaucracies and bureaucrats? How and why has a seemingly undesirable and unviable organizational form weathered relentless criticism over many years and is possibly experiencing a renaissance? Normative democratic theory, theories of formal organizations, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005040226
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The Anatomy of Autonomy: Reassessing the Autonomy of the European Commission
Trondal, Jarle - ARENA - 2007
The European Commission (Commission) occupies a pivotal role as the key executive institution of the European Union (EU). Yet, the factual autonomy of the Commission remains largely unexplored, contributing to contradictory assessments of it. The ambition of this study is to reassess the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005040270