Open AccessSteven Blockmans and Sophia Russack (eds.): Representative Democracy in the EU: Recovering Legitimacy.
Author(s) -
Vanessa Horler
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
mezinárodní vztahy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.153
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 2570-9429
pISSN - 0323-1844
DOI - 10.32422/mv-cjir.1757
Subject(s) - polity , legitimacy , democracy , europeanisation , political science , democratic legitimacy , politics , political economy , state (computer science) , european union , democratic deficit , member state , member states , public administration , law , sociology , economics , computer science , economic policy , algorithm
Representative democracy is beset by a crisis of legitimacy across the world, but in Europe this crisis is compounded by the inadequacy of national governments to address citizens’ frustrations and to achieve transnational unity on common issues. How representative are national parliaments in their decision-making on EU matters? This volume investigates the relationship between the democratic institutions of the member states and those of the EU. With a focus on polity rather than policy, it looks at voting and decision-shaping mechanisms in selected member states, in particular the ‘Europeanisation’ of representative democracy at national level. It also assesses the state of parliamentary democracy at the EU level. Expert analysts share their insights into the changing nature of our political eco-systems and the (dis)connections within and between them.