Democratic citizenship and the European Union
By: Albert Weale
Series: Europe in change
Publisher: Manchester University Press; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Manchester; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 156
Subjects: European Union; Democracy -- European Union countries; Political rights -- European Union countries; Citizenship -- European Union countries
Description: "This book analyses the political legitimacy of the European Union, taking democratic citizenship seriously." "Developing a distinctive normative theory of political association. It evaluates the project of European integration in terms of democratic values. It argues that the goods of democratic citizenship have been advanced by European integration in many respects, including environmental policy. In other respects, including social policy democratic citizenship is best advanced by keeping primary political authority at the level of the nation state. It develops these arguments through an original interplay of political science and political theory."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-152) and index