The representative turn in EU studies
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Abingdon: Taylor and Francis Inc., 2016. 145 S. (Journal of European public policy series).
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TY - BOOK
T1 - The representative turn in EU studies
A2 - Kröger, Sandra
A2 - Friedrich, Dawid
N1 - Copyright der Printausgabe 2014, Erscheinungsjahr eBook 2016. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of European Public Policy.
PY - 2016/4/8
Y1 - 2016/4/8
N2 - After the participative and deliberative turns in both democratic theory and EU studies, we are currently witnessing a 'representative turn' to which this volume contributes by addressing the relation between representation and democracy in the EU. Although in the Lisbon Treaty the EU conceives itself as a representative democracy, the meaning of this concept in a supranational polity is far from clear - either in theory or practice. Instead, the historically contingent link between representation and democracy is today severely challenged by various processes of diversification at all levels of political action (national, regional, supranational). These processes challenge our understanding of representative democracy as involving electoral democracy within clearly delineated nation-states, provoking a situation in which 'new frontiers' of representation develop. Consequently, it becomes increasingly difficult to provide normative standards as well as accurate assessments of democratic representation in the EU. This volume addresses these core challenges of representative democracy in the EU from normative, theoretical and methodological perspectives. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of European Public Policy.
AB - After the participative and deliberative turns in both democratic theory and EU studies, we are currently witnessing a 'representative turn' to which this volume contributes by addressing the relation between representation and democracy in the EU. Although in the Lisbon Treaty the EU conceives itself as a representative democracy, the meaning of this concept in a supranational polity is far from clear - either in theory or practice. Instead, the historically contingent link between representation and democracy is today severely challenged by various processes of diversification at all levels of political action (national, regional, supranational). These processes challenge our understanding of representative democracy as involving electoral democracy within clearly delineated nation-states, provoking a situation in which 'new frontiers' of representation develop. Consequently, it becomes increasingly difficult to provide normative standards as well as accurate assessments of democratic representation in the EU. This volume addresses these core challenges of representative democracy in the EU from normative, theoretical and methodological perspectives. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of European Public Policy.
KW - Politics
U2 - 10.4324/9781315540115
DO - 10.4324/9781315540115
M3 - Collected editions and anthologies
AN - SCOPUS:84977767199
SN - 9780415836029
T3 - Journal of European public policy series
BT - The representative turn in EU studies
PB - Taylor and Francis Inc.
CY - Abingdon
ER -