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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... constitution . Labour rejected the idea of a European constitution in its 1995 confer- ence document . Fearful that it would bestow a form of federal statehood , the Labour document argued that the EU should remain ' a treaty between ...
... constitution . Labour rejected the idea of a European constitution in its 1995 confer- ence document . Fearful that it would bestow a form of federal statehood , the Labour document argued that the EU should remain ' a treaty between ...
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... constitution at all , let alone whether or not it needs one . Some argue that the founding treaties and their various amendments in fact amount to a constitution . Others believe that the EU neither has nor needs a constitution . In ...
... constitution at all , let alone whether or not it needs one . Some argue that the founding treaties and their various amendments in fact amount to a constitution . Others believe that the EU neither has nor needs a constitution . In ...
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... constitution which traditionally has seemed to imply fixity , constancy ? Given these realities , it would be unwise to envis- age a founding moment when a constitution emerges . Far more plausible - and less threatening - is a view of ...
... constitution which traditionally has seemed to imply fixity , constancy ? Given these realities , it would be unwise to envis- age a founding moment when a constitution emerges . Far more plausible - and less threatening - is a view of ...
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