Title The legitimacy of the European Union after enlargement / edited by Jacques Thomassen

Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2009

Click on the following:
ProQuest Ebook Central
EBSCO eBooks

Copies

Description 1 online resource (xx, 267 pages) : illustrations Contents List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Contributors; Abbreviations; 1. The Legitimacy of the European Union after Enlargement; Part I: Political Representation in the European Union; Part II: Political Support for the European Union; References; Index Summary In 2004 the European Union was enlarged with ten new member states, eight of them previously communist states in Central and Eastern Europe. This enlargement was without precedent in the history of the Union and its predecessors. It is still to be seen how well the institutions as well as the citizens of the Union are able to cope with the consequences of this operation. The authors of this volume evaluate the effect of that enlargement on its legitimacy. They do so by assessing the effects of enlargement on the functioning of the process of political representation in the European Union and on Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-262) and index Notes English Print version record Subject European Union SUBJECT European Union fast Subject Legitimacy of governments -- European Union countries POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General. Legitimacy of governments Politics and government SUBJECT European Union countries -- Politics and government -- 21st century Subject European Union countries Form Electronic book Author Thomassen, J. J. A. ISBN 9780191569623 0191569623 1282268635 9781282268630 9786612268632 6612268638

  Permalink