Democratic Decision-making in the EU

Auteur

Anne Eliabeth Stie is a postdoctoral fellow at University of Agder, Norway. She has previously worked at and is still affiliated with ARENA, Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo, Norway.

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This book examines the democratic legitimacy of the European Union (EU) and evaluates the democratic credentials of the EU s main decision-making procedure. It finds that though there is potential for democratic decision-making in the EU, the actual process is dominated by technocrats and secret meetings.

Contenu

1. Introduction: democracy as idea and practice Part1: Theory, approximation and background
   2. What is democratic legitimacy? 3. Approximating ideal principles to non-ideal conditions: The evaluative framework 4. Background: from co-decision to the ordinary legislative procedure Part II: Evaluation of the ordinary legislative procedure
      5. A democratic deliberative forum for the people? 6. Inclusion of affected and competent parties 7. Openness and transparency 8. Neutralisation of asymmetrical power relations 9. Decision-making capacity 10. OLP Democratic decision-making or technocracy in disguise?