Democracy in Europe by Heidrun Abromeit - 9781571819857

Democracy in EuropeLegitimising Politics in a Non-State Polity\nAuthor(s): Heidrun Abromeit\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Berghahn Books, Incorporated, United States\nImprint: Berghahn Books, Incorporated\nISBN-13: 9781571819857, 978-1571819857\nSynopsis\nSince the beginning of the European Community students of international politics and of international, resp. Constitutional law, have been wondering what kind of animal it is, and will be, once integration has been completed. Whereas the EC Treaty of 1957 stressed the economic aspects and envisioned a steady and dynamic progress towards a Single Market, it was conspicuously silent about the political implications of integration and the new democratic order. What is needed, so the author argues in this powerful and original contribution to the debate on democratisation of the European Union, is a flexible system that supplements the European decision-making process with various direct democratic instruments such as the use of referen.