Representing Europeans : A Pragmatic Approach
Richard. Rose
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Oxford : Oxford University Press , 2013
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (177 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations/acronyms; Introduction: The End of Integration by Stealth; I. The Need for Popular Commitment; II. A Bridge Too Far?; III. Diagnosis and Prescription; IV. Perspective of the Author; 1. The EU System: Accountable Up to a Point; I. What EU Institutions Represent; II. Horizontal Accountability Without Vertical Trust; III. Decisionmaking by Consensus; IV. Explanation Is not Justification; 2. Forging an Ever Closer Union; I. The Forward March of Treaties; II. The Depth and Breadth of Policies. - I. From Fig Leaf to Participant in EU DecisionmakingII. Turning Proportional Representation Upside Down; III. Asymmetrical Representation; 7. European Parties: Integration Before Representation; I. Aggregation in Multi-National Party Groups; II. Differentiating Party Policies; III. What Party Groups Represent; IV. Consensus Supplants Representation; 8. Interdependence: How Policy Changes Politics; I. Interdependence without Consensus; II. The Globalization of Europe; 9. The Future of Europe: An Ever Looser Union?; I. Limits to Capacity; II. Co-operation without Unanimity. - III. Bringing in Europe's CitizensFurther Reading; Endnotes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W. - III. Do Europeans Want an Ever Closer Union?3. A Union of Diverse Peoples; I. Enlargement Across a Continent; II. Differentiating Member States; III. Mass Reactions to Europeanization; 4. Citizenship Lite; I. National Governments Pulled Two Ways; II. Consultation with Organized Interests; III. Reaching Below Member States; IV. Constituting an Ever Closer Union?; 5. Referendums-Too Much Participation?; I. Circumventing Europe's Citizens; II. The Reality of Risk: Dozens of EU Referendums; III. Who Wants a Referendum?; 6. Unequal Representation in the European Parliament. - Representing Europeans takes a fresh and quizzical look at the problems facing the European Union. Bringing decades of experience to bear on the deep, structural problems currently facing the EU, Richard Rose spells out why it can no longer carry on with integration by stealth. Extraordinary challenges -- such as saving the Eurozone and maintaining the free movement of peoples -- now impose high-profile economic and political costs. These create huge political strains which EUinstitutions struggle to cope with. Rose shows the ways in which Europe's institutions do and do not represent its citi
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| ISBN | 9780199654765
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