Democratic Governance and European Integration: Linking Societal and State Processes of Democracy

As the power and scope of the European Union moves further, beyond traditional forms of international cooperation between sovereign states, it is important to analyse how these developments are impacting upon national institutions and processes of democratic representation and legitimacy in the member countries. The authors in this book identify four core processes of democratic governance present in any democratic political system that link societal and state processes of decision-making: opinion formation, interest intermediation, national executive decision-making and national parliamentary scrutiny.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845424484
• ISBN13: 9781845424480
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 6.5"