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Anchoring or undermining democracy : the European people's party and democratic backsliding in Serbia

Stojić, Marko - In: Journal of common market studies : JCMS 62 (2024) 2, pp. 546-563

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Is European Democracy Promotion on the Wane?

Youngs, Richard - 2009

The EU routinely asserts that the promotion of democracy and human rights is central to its international identity … respond effectively to the emergence of a vastly more challenging environment for democracy promotion. This paper reveals … serious limits across three strands of democracy policy - the magnitude of incentives offered in return for democratic change …

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Democratic Legitimation of Trade Policy Tomorrow : TTIP, Democracy and Market in the Swiss Constitution

Sieber-Gasser, Charlotte - 2015

finds that the current principles and institutions of democracy in Switzerland are unlikely to fully accommodate the new …

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Europe's democracy challenge : citizen participation in and beyond elections

Alemanno, Alberto - 2020

realities. It argues that it is for EU democracy — and potentially for the Conference on the Future of Europe — to rethink its …As the EU enters a new political cycle, this article provides a critical analysis of the state of EU democracy by … focusing on its two main components: representative and participatory democracy through their theoretical and practical …

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Beyond consultations : reimagining European participatory democracy

Alemanno, Alberto - 2019

This paper provides a critical assessment of the realities of EU participatory democracy and offers a set of innovative …

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Democratic Deficit, Participation and the WTO

Joseph, Sarah - 2013

This chapter will analyze arguments that the World Trade Organization (WTO) suffers from a 'democratic deficit', which casts doubt on the legitimacy and desirability of its rules and policies. First this chapter outlines teh two strands of this accusation of 'democratic deficit'. That is: 1....

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On the Legitimacy and Democratic Accountability of the European Central Bank : Legal Arrangements and Practical Experience

Amtenbrink, Fabian - 2009

Various authors have questioned the legal framework of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank (ECB), which undoubtedly concentrates on ensuring the independence of the system, rather than introducing a democratically accountable monetary policy authority. Rather...

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Regulatory Cooperation Under TTIP – A Risk for Democracy and National Regulation?

Gerstetter, Christiane; Donat, Lena; Klaas, Katharina; … - 2015

This study conducted by Ecologic Institute with support from the Heinrich Boell Foundation aims at providing factual background to the debate on regulatory cooperation within the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). The study looks at whether fears are justified that regulatory...

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Brexit, the Misrepresentation of Democracy, and the Rock of Gibraltar

Friedberg, James J. - 2020

This short essay makes three points regarding Brexit that have not been widely considered in public or academic debate. First, Brexit advocates (Leavers) successfully misrepresented the referendum of June 2016 as a definitive expression of democratic will. ("The people have spoken.") The slim...

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The Role and Impact of the Right of Petition as an Instrument of Participatory Democracy in the European Union

Alemanno, Alberto - 2022

undergoes a major democratic exercise – the Conference on the Future of Europe – that, for the first time since 2007, may lead … right of petition as the privileged instrument of EU participatory democracy …

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