Representation And Democracy In The Eu: Does One Come At The Expense Of The Other? (journal Of European Integration Special Issues)

This book explores the various ways in which citizens are represented in EU policy-making. Most accounts naturally focus on the European Parliament as the prime source of democratic representation. This collection focuses instead on four other channels that are as and often more important: namely, representation via governments, national parliaments, civil society organisations and directly, via referenda. Based on original research, the book combines democratic theory with detailed empirical analysis to provide an innovative, timely and up-to-date evaluation of the nature of representation in the EU. Policy advisors, practitioners and those scholars interested in democracy and the European Union will find this volume to be a valuable resource. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of European Integration. -- 1 Representation Deficits and Surpluses in EU Policy-making, Richard Bellamy, Sandra Kroger -- 2 'An Ever Closer Union Among the Peoples of Europe': Republican Intergovernmentalism and Demoicratic Representation within the EU, Richard Bellamy -- 3 The Pitfalls of Representation as Claims-Making in the European Union, Christopher Lord, Johannes Pollak -- 4 Bicameral or Tricameral? National Parliaments and Representative Democracy in the European Union, Ian Cooper -- 5 A New Type of Representative Democracy? Reconsidering the Role of National Parliaments in the European Union, Carina Sprungk -- 6 Representation in the European State of Emergency: Parliaments against Governments?, Sonja Puntscher Riekmann, Doris Wydra -- 7 Creating a European Demos? The Representativeness of European Umbrella Organisations, Sandra Kroger -- 8 Making the Environment Present: Political Representation, Democracy and Civil Society Organisations in EU Climate Change Politics, Elizabeth Monaghan -- 9 What Determines Demand for European Union Referendums?, Richard Rose, Gabriela Borz -- Index This book explores the various ways in which citizens are represented in EU policy-making. Most accounts naturally focus on the European Parliament as the prime source of democratic representation. This collection focuses instead on four other channels that are as and often more important: namely, representation via governments, national parliaments, civil society organisations and directly, via referenda. Based on original research, the book combines democratic theory with detailed empirical analysis to provide an innovative, timely and up-to-date evaluation of the nature of representation in the EU. Policy advisors, practitioners and those scholars interested in democracy and the European Union will find this volume to be a valuable resource.-- Provided by publisher This book analyses the nature of representation in the EU from both a normative and an empirical perspective. Whereas most studies concentrate on the European Parliament, this book explores representation through the equally important channels of governments, national parliaments, civil society organisations and referenda.This b Is version of the Special Issue of Journal of European Integration, 2013, Vol. 35, No. 5