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Democratic Dilemmas of Multilevel Governance

Legitimacy, Representation and Accountability in the European Union

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  • © 2007

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Editors:
  1. Joan DeBardeleben

    1. Carleton University, Canada

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  2. Achim Hurrelmann

    1. Carleton University, Canada

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Part of the book series: Transformations of the State (TRST)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Joan DeBardeleben, Achim Hurrelmann
      Pages 1-14

  3. Multilevel Governance and Democratic Legitimacy: Conceptual Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. Multilevel Legitimacy: Conceptualizing Legitimacy Relationships between the EU and National Democracies

      • Achim Hurrelmann
      Pages 17-37

    3. Federalism and Democratic Accountability

      • Jennifer Smith
      Pages 38-58

    4. Between Anarchy and Hierarchy: Governance Lessons from Global Economic Institutions

      • Randall D. Germain
      Pages 59-74

  4. Social Underpinnings of Democracy in the EU

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
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    2. Europeanization and Democracy: the Question of Cultural Identity

      • Gerard Delanty
      Pages 77-93

    3. The Quest for a European Public Sphere: News Media and Democratic Legitimacy

      • Hartmut Wessler, Michael Brüggemann, Katharina Kleinen-von Königslöw, Stefanie Sifft, Andreas Wimmel
      Pages 94-116

    4. Is There a European Society? Social Conditions for Democracy in the EU

      • Achim Hurrelmann
      Pages 117-135

  6. EU Enlargement, Democracy and Multilevel Governance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195
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    2. Euroscepticism as a Path for Inclusion: Multilevel Governance in the EU as Seen from the East

      • David Ost
      Pages 197-215

    3. Gender Equality and Multilevel Governance in East Central Europe

      • Yvonne Galligan, Sara Clavero
      Pages 216-239

    4. Conclusion

      • Joan DeBardeleben, Achim Hurrelmann
      Pages 240-243

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 244-255
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About this book

Focusing on the EU, this volume, with a combination of theoretical perspectives and empirical research, examines the problems multilevel governance causes for democratic legitimacy by placing it in a comparative and theoretical context, and explore how challenges faced by the EU compare with those faced by traditional federal systems worldwide.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Carleton University, Canada

    Joan DeBardeleben, Achim Hurrelmann

About the editors

MICHAEL BRÜGGEMANN is Research Fellow at the Collaborative Research Center on 'Transformations of the State', University of Bremen, Germany SARA CLAVERO is Research Fellow at Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland GERARD DELANTY is Professor of Sociology, University of Liverpool, UK YVONNE GALLIGAN is Associate Professor and Director of the Centre for Advancement of Women in Politics, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland RANDALL D. GERMAIN is Associate Professor of Political Science at Carleton University, Canada Justin Greenwood is Professor of European Public Policy at the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland KATHARINA KLEINEN-V.KÖNIGSLÖW is Research Fellow at the Collaborative Research Center 'Transformations of the State', University of Bremen, Germany LAWRENCE LEDUC is Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto, Canada DAVID OST is Professor of Political Science at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York, USA TAM TAPIO RAUNIO is Professor of Political Science at the University of Tampere, Finland STEFANIE SIFFT is Research Fellow at the Collaborative Research Center 'Transformations of the State', University of Bremen, Germany JENNIFER SMITH is Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada HARTMUT WESSLER is Professor of Mass Communication at International University Bremen, Germany ANDREAS WIMMEL Assistant Professor at the Department ofPolitical Science at the Institute for Advances Studies in Vienna, Austria

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