Deliberative Democracy in the EU by Steven Blockmans, Sophia ... - 9781538145807

Deliberative Democracy in the EUCountering Populism with Participation and Debate\nAuthor(s): Steven Blockmans, Sophia Russack\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Center for European Policy Studies\nISBN-13: 9781538145807, 978-1538145807\nSynopsis\nRepresentative democracy remains the best available form of government and the one preferred by most EU citizens, but satisfaction with how it plays out varies greatly across the continent. Among the perceived weaknesses are high levels of political corruption, low resilience to disinformation, and out-of-touch governing elites. \nYet there is some hope that direct channels for citizens to express their concerns and preferences, fact-based deliberation in representative bodies and robust mechanisms to hold governments to account can help save European democracy from the onslaught of populism. \nThis volume draws together proposals into a framework reflecting the four cumulative criteria used b.