Democratizing the European Union: Issues for the Twenty-First CenturyCatherine Hoskyns, Michael Newman The European Union's "democratic deficit," and ways that might be found to resolve it, are hot issues in both academic debate and practical politics. This book offers a fresh approach to the subject by bringing together a diverse range of authors who have been actively involved either in analyzing the activities of the EU or in participating in them. It goes beyond a primarily institutional approach by highlighting the less obvious barriers to participation experienced by those campaigning for the rights of disadvantaged groups. |
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... Amsterdam Labour's more positive approach did facilitate the agreement by the EU member states to a number of improvements to the EU's democratic character at the Amsterdam summit in June 1997 , a month after Labour's return to power ...
... Amsterdam Labour's more positive approach did facilitate the agreement by the EU member states to a number of improvements to the EU's democratic character at the Amsterdam summit in June 1997 , a month after Labour's return to power ...
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... Amsterdam in 1997.4 In order to estimate whether government attitudes are changing , these decisions will be ana- lysed in terms of the extent to which they increase formal democracy ( measured by changes in the institutional structure ...
... Amsterdam in 1997.4 In order to estimate whether government attitudes are changing , these decisions will be ana- lysed in terms of the extent to which they increase formal democracy ( measured by changes in the institutional structure ...
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... Amsterdam supplemented these moves by defining subsidiarity more carefully in a lengthy protocol and by identifying the Union as marking a new stage ' in which decisions are taken as openly as possible and as closely as possible to the ...
... Amsterdam supplemented these moves by defining subsidiarity more carefully in a lengthy protocol and by identifying the Union as marking a new stage ' in which decisions are taken as openly as possible and as closely as possible to the ...
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