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Political Responsibility and the European Union (Hardcover)
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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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