The challenge of democratic representation in theEuropean Union

What does political representation in the European Union look like? This volume argues that the transformation of representation in the EU is characterizedby diversification processes, albeit with an uncertain ability to re-configure the link between representation and democracy. SANDRA KRÖGER Researcher and Lecturer at the University of Bremen, Germany. From 2011-2013 she is a Marie Curie fellow at the University of Exeter, UK. She has widely published on the Open Method of Coordination. Her current research interest is the reconfiguration of democracy in the EU in general, and theplace of organized civil society therein in particular. DAWID FRIEDRICH Assistant Professor for International Relations at the Center for the Study of Democracy at Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany. He is particularly interestedin the future of European democracy through civil society participation and citizen deliberation practices. He recently published a book on democratic participation and civil society in the European Union. INDICE: Introduction: Political Representation in the EU: A Second Transformation?; 'S.Kröger' & 'D.Friedrich - 'PART I: WHO REPRESENTS WHOM? ISSUES OF REPRESENTATIVENESS - Political Parties at the European Level: Do They Satisfy the Condition of Programmatic Convergence?; 'E.Sigalas' & 'J.Pollak - 'Interparliamentary Cooperation and Democratic Representation in the European Union; 'C.Fasone - 'The Committee of the Regions and the Upgrading of Subnational Territorial Representation; 'S.Piattoni - 'Who do They Represent? Mixed Modes of Representation in EU-based CSOs; 'H.Johansson - 'Representing Their Members? Civil Society Organizations in the EU's External Relations; 'M.Rodekamp - 'PART II: THE POLITICS OF CLAIMS-MAKING - The Plural Representative Space: How Mass Media and National Parliaments Stimulate Pluralism Through Competition; 'P.de Wilde - 'A Media Perspective on Political Representation: Online Claims Makingand Audience Formation in 2009 EP Election Campaigns; 'A.Michailidou' & 'H-J.Trenz - 'Unelected Representatives in the Europolitical Field. CSOs Between Berlin and Brussels; 'E.Jentges - 'PART III: REPERCUSSIONS OF THE EU ON POLITICAL REPRESENTATION - From the Margins of European Integration to the Guardians of the Treaties? The Role of National Parliaments in the EU; 'T.Raunio - 'The Europeanization of Regional Assemblies: a Comparison Between Different Ways of Approaching the Representative Challenge in EU Affairs; 'E.Griglio - 'InterestRepresentation in the EU, is there any? A Top-down Perspective; 'S.Smismans -'Democracy Promoter or Interest Defender? How the European Commission Influences Non-electoral Representation by Civil Society Organizations; 'S.Kröger - 'Representing Workers or Presenting EU Prescriptions? Trade Unions from Post-Socialist Member States in EU Multi-level Governance; 'H.Pleines - 'Conclusion: Transformation as Differentiation. The Diversity of Representation in the European Union; 'D.Friedrich' & 'S.Kröger - 'Bibliography -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-29292-5
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 320
• Fecha Publicación: 02/12/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés