institutional arrangements with the prospect of the legitimization of Community governance within a policy-making arena on the one … evolution in this field shows that strong tendencies towards the adaptation of Community governance to its contested legitimacy … tension between different normative standards of legitimate governance. …

The paper explores the Austrian understanding of democracy and its likely implications for the European Union. It … systems. The Austrian understanding of democracy is influenced by its disruptive history of state- and nation-building and … consociational practices. Implications of Austria's understanding of democracy for the evolution of the EU are derived from Austria …

It is generally believed that internationalization undermines governance and democracy. This phenomenon has two … democracy and governance in its member states. The first part of the paper presents a view on the EU's political system which … does not preclude the possibility of a fundamental transformation of governance and democracy in the EU by the choice of …

-making is still a relevant governance mechanism in the European multi-level system. At the national level,a diversity of systems … (notably in social policy). It seems that corporatist governance still has a role to play, especially in the context of …

) normative impact. Our empirical analysis focuses on two norms: democracy and good governance. In addition, we ask how … democracy and good governance seem to play a central role in EU-Moldovan relations, the Union tends to apply double standards in …

The article explores whether the Constitutional Treaty may provide more legitimacy for governance in the European Union …