Title Centripetal democracy : democratic legitimacy and political identity in Belgium, Switzerland, and the European Union / Joseph Lacey

Edition First edition Published Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource Contents Introduction. Part One: Democratic Legitimacy and Political Identity. 1: Democratic Process and Democratic Purpose. 2: The Democratic Enactment of Representation. Part Two: Democratic Legitimacy and Political Identity in the EU. 3: A Conceptual Map of the EU. 4: A Democratic Assessment of European Demoi-cracy. Part Three: Testing the Lingua Franca Thesis -- Belgium and Switzerland Compared. 5: Belgium Versus the Lingua Franca Thesis. 6: Switzerland Versus the Lingua Franca Thesis. Part Four: Implications for Democratic Legitimacy and Political Identity in the EU. 7: Modelling Centripetal Democracy for the EU. The Argument in Summary Summary This volume offers a model of democratic legitimacy for the European Union Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes An updated and Revision of the author's thesis, carried out at the European University Institute's Department of Political and Social Sciences and defended in June 2015 Print version record Subject Democracy -- European Union countries Legitimacy of governments -- European Union countries Democracy -- Belgium Political participation -- Belgium Democracy -- Switzerland Political participation -- Switzerland POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General. Political participation Legitimacy of governments Democracy Switzerland Belgium European Union countries Form Electronic book ISBN 9780192517142 0192517147 9780191838576 0191838578

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