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How to democratize the European Union... and why bother?
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ISBN: 0847699048 0847699056 9780847699049 9780847699056 Year: 2000 Publisher: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield,

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A contradictory creation indeed, the european Union (EU) has most of the institutions of a modern democracy, yet it does not function as one. Moreover, the growing scope of activity and supranational decision-making processes are undermining the legitimacy of democracy in its member states. Although much has been written about this double “democratic deficit”, surprisingly little thought has been given to what to do about it – short of drafting and ratifying a new federal constitution. In this provocative book, Philippe Schmitter explores both the possibility and the desirability of democratizing the EU. He argues that as a “non-state” and a “non-nation” it will have to invent new forms of citizenship, representation, and decision-making if it is ever to democratize itself. The author also contends that the timing and political context work against a full-scale constitutionalization of the process. He proposes a number of modest (and some less modest) reforms that could improve the situation in the near future and eventually lead to a genuine Euro-democracy


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Democratising the EU from below?
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ISBN: 1317152956 1317152948 1409464148 9781409464143 1472408306 9781472408303 9781409464136 140946413X 9781315576466 9781317152934 9781317152941 9781138490123 1315576465 9781317152958 Year: 2013 Publisher: Farnham, Surrey, England

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This original contribution to the debate about democratic citizenship vis-à-vis the challenges of economic globalization and European political integration presents critical explorations of different fields of direct, representative, participatory and deliberative democratic citizenship practices that affect the transformation of Europe.


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The unfinished democratization of Europe
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ISBN: 9780199572519 0199572518 Year: 2009 Publisher: New York: Oxford university press,

Democracy and the European Union
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ISBN: 0761972803 1282020641 9786612020643 184920280X 9781849202800 9781446221143 1446221148 9781446240120 1446240126 9780761972808 0761972811 9780761972815 9781282020641 6612020644 Year: 2003 Publisher: London Thousand Oaks, Calif. SAGE Publications

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This book comprehensively reviews one of the most salient on-going debates at the heart of the EU today, democratic reform. It provides an evaluation of how democracy might best be defined in the transnational context of the EU and explores the key strategies that have been deployed to enhance the EU's democracy.


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Reflets de la construction européenne : réflexions, références et refus du débat sur l'Europe
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ISSN: 09442294 ISBN: 9782875740113 2875740113 Year: 2012 Volume: 73 73 Publisher: Bern ; Berlin ; Bruxelles : P.I.E.-Peter Lang,


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EU Enlargement and the failure of conditionality : pre-accession conditionality in the fields of democracy and the rule
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ISBN: 9789041126962 9041126961 Year: 2008 Volume: 59 Publisher: Alphen aan den Rijn : Kluwer law international,


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European unions
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ISBN: 9780801446481 0801446481 080146157X 9780801461576 Year: 2008 Publisher: Ithaca, N.Y. ILR Press/Cornell University Press

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Roland Erne's view of transnational trade union networks challenges the assertion that no realistic prospect exists for remedying the European Union's democratic deficit-that is, its domination by corporate interests and lack of a cohesive European people. His book describes the emergence of a European trade union movement that crosses national boundaries. Erne assesses national and EU-level trade union politics in two core areas: wage bargaining in the European Monetary Union and job protection during transnational corporate mergers and restructuring. The wage coordination policies of the European metal and construction workers' unions and the unions' responses in the ABB-Alstom Power and Alcan-Pechiney-Algroup merger cases, Erne finds, show that the activities of labor are not confined to the national level: labor's policies have undergone Europeanization. This cross-national borrowing of tactics is itself proof of the increasing integration of European states and societies.European Unions is based on an exceptionally wide range of research methods, including statistical analysis, participant observation, and interviews with EU-level, national, and local trade unionists and works councilors. It also draws on a wide range of European, German, French, Italian, and Swiss union documents and a multilingual body of academic literature across several disciplines, including political science, sociology, and law. Erne's multilevel inquiry goes beyond country-by-country comparisons of national cases and his book will prove of great relevance to readers interested in the future of labor, social justice, and democracy in an increasingly integrated world.

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Labour market --- Sociology of work --- European Union --- Labor unions --- Labor movement --- International labor activities --- Democratization --- Industrial relations --- Syndicats --- Mouvement ouvrier --- Travailleurs --- Démocratisation --- Relations industrielles --- Political activity. --- Activité politique --- Activités internationales --- Political activity --- EEC / European Union - EU -Europese Unie - Union Européenne - UE --- 332.87 --- 334.151.53 --- #SBIB:316.334.2A413 --- #SBIB:316.334.2A416 --- Syndicaten. Beroepsverenigingen. Arbeidersverenigingen. --- Vakbonden in de Europese Gemeenschappen. --- Vakbeweging: geschiedenis van de vakbeweging vanuit politiek-doctrinair oogpunt --- Arbeidssociologie: de vakbeweging in andere Westeuropese landen --- Démocratisation --- Activité politique --- Activités internationales --- Industrial unions --- Labor, Organized --- Labor organizations --- Organized labor --- Trade-unions --- Unions, Labor --- Unions, Trade --- Working-men's associations --- Societies --- Central labor councils --- Guilds --- Syndicalism --- Labor and laboring classes --- Social movements --- Labor activities, International --- Democratic consolidation --- Democratic transition --- Political science --- New democracies --- International cooperation --- Syndicaten. Beroepsverenigingen. Arbeidersverenigingen --- Vakbonden in de Europese Gemeenschappen --- Labor unions - European Union countries - Political activity --- Labor movement - European Union countries. --- International labor activities - European Union countries. --- Democratization - European Union countries. --- Industrial relations - European Union countries.


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Pour un traité de démocratisation de l'Europe
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ISBN: 9782021372755 2021372758 Year: 2017 Publisher: Paris Seuil

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"Comment contenir le déferlement de la vague populiste qui risque de balayer nos démocraties ? Comment prévenir l’éclatement de l’Union européenne ? Pour en finir avec des politiques économiques disqualifiées, mettre l’austérité en minorité et lutter contre les inégalités, il est urgent de démocratiser le gouvernement de la zone euro. Rédigé par une équipe pluridisciplinaire de juristes, politistes et économistes, repris par Benoît Hamon, le projet de traité, ici présenté et commenté, institue une Assemblée parlementaire de la zone euro permettant de promouvoir la justice fiscale et sociale. Le traité peut être adopté en l’état par les pays qui s’y rallieront. Le texte est précédé d’une introduction qui expose sa mise en œuvre de façon pédagogique. L’objectif est que chaque citoyen s’empare du débat européen et que les différentes forces sociales et politiques contribuent à améliorer ce projet et à nous sortir de la sinistrose ambiante."

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