What is it about?
EU democratization has since its inception drawn on the parliamentary principle and representative democratic standards; this has facilitated the creation of shared meanings and transactions among the relevant organisations; it has formed the basis for actors’ legitimacy and status; it has conveyed organizational guidance and working procedures; and it has served as a constant impetus for the strengthening of the European Parliament.
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Why is it important?
The article is important because it explains why states have been able to ceed power to an entity the becomes their competitor in terms of loyalty The democratic merit of this process will hinge on the quality of the justifications it is able to bring to the table.
Perspectives
This article demonstrates that the EU’s democratization is best understood from a deliberative democratic perspective, albeit through a new – institutional – variant, which understands justification as taking place through reference to the actors’ agreed-upon standards.
Erik O. Eriksen
University of Oslo
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This page is a summary of: Representation through Deliberation – The European Case, Constellations, June 2012, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8675.2012.00677.x.
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