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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... Delors period : barriers to participation SUE COHEN The political era from 1985 to 1994 , when Jacques Delors was President of the European Commission , is commonly called the Delors period . This was a period in the history of the ...
... Delors period : barriers to participation SUE COHEN The political era from 1985 to 1994 , when Jacques Delors was President of the European Commission , is commonly called the Delors period . This was a period in the history of the ...
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... Delors was a committed Europhile . He brought to the Commission his own history , which included a leading role in Mitterrand's government , as well as the position of social affairs adviser to the Gaullist Prime Minister Jacques Chaban ...
... Delors was a committed Europhile . He brought to the Commission his own history , which included a leading role in Mitterrand's government , as well as the position of social affairs adviser to the Gaullist Prime Minister Jacques Chaban ...
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... Delors's ideals owed a great deal to the Catholic anti - individualism of Mounier , the early twentieth - century French philosopher . Mounier believed that : Society grew from delicate interdependence in which different social groups ...
... Delors's ideals owed a great deal to the Catholic anti - individualism of Mounier , the early twentieth - century French philosopher . Mounier believed that : Society grew from delicate interdependence in which different social groups ...
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