I thought members of the european-social-policy list may be interested in the
following publication, available in the UK & Europe from December 1st:
DEMOCRACY IN EUROPE
Legitimising Politics in a Non-State Polity
By Heidrun Abromeit
Since the beginning of the European Community many of those with a keen
interest in international politics and 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 democratization 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 referenda. These
would serve to increase the accountability of the politicians without
demanding or requiring a definitive resolution of the exact constitutional
status of the Union.
Heidrun Abromeit has published extensively on the relations between state and
industry in Western Europe and now holds a professorship at the University of
Darmstadt.
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