Whose Europe?
Subtitle: The Turn Towards Democracy (Sociological Review Monograph)
Contributors: Dennis Smith (Editor)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: February 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780631219187
Subjects: EU & European institutions; Political structures: democracy; Democracy; Political Sociology; Social Science; Politics / Current Events; Sociology; EU (European Union); Government - Comparative; History & Theory - General; Political Ideologies - Democracy; EUROPE_POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT_20TH CENTURY; Political Science / Democracy; Sociology - General; 20th century; Europe; Politics and government
First sentence: In this chapter, John Markoff notes that although the European Union has a strong formal commitment to democratic values, for example in the tests it applies to new entrants, and although civic freedoms are strong throughout the EU, this body nevertheless poses a challenge to democratisation.