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Political Responsibility and the European Union

Autor Myrto Tsakatika
en Limba Engleză Hardback – oct 2008
This book addresses the question of political legitimacy in the European Union from the much neglected angle of political responsibility. It develops an original communitarian approach to legitimacy based on Alasdair MacIntyre's ethics of virtues and practices, that can be contrasted with prevalent liberal-egalitarian and neo-republican approaches. Tsakatika argues that a 'responsibility deficit', quite distinct from the often discussed 'democratic deficit', can be diagnosed in the European Union. This is documented in chapters that provide in-depth analysis of accountability, transparency and the difficulties associated with identifying responsibility in European governance. Closing this gap requires going beyond institutional engineering. It calls for gradual convergence towards certain core social and political practices and for the flourishing of the virtues of political responsibility in Europe's nascent political community. Throughout the book, normative political theory is brought to bear on concrete dilemmas of institutional choice faced by the EU during the recent constitutional debates. 'Political responsibility and the European Union' will be of interest to specialists and postgraduate students of political theory, constitutional law and European Union Studies.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780719075155
ISBN-10: 0719075157
Pagini: 150
Dimensiuni: 157 x 234 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS

Cuprins

Preface Introduction 1. European Union in perspective: the legacy of Jean Monnet 2. Political responsibility and legitimate governance 3. Accountability 4. Identifiability 5. Openness 6. Conclusions References Index

Notă biografică

Myrto Tsakatika is Lecturer in European Politics at the University of Glasgow

Descriere

This book addresses the question of political legitimacy in the European Union from the point of view of political responsibility, going beyond current debates that focus on the 'Democratic deficit'. -- .