Deliberative Democracy in the EU - Countering Populism with Participation and Debate (Hardcover)

Representative democracy remains the best available form of government - and the one preferred by most EU citizens, but satisfaction with how it plays out varies greatly across the continent. Among the perceived weaknesses are high levels of political corruption, low resilience to disinformation, and out-of-touch governing elites. Yet there is some hope that direct channels for citizens to express their concerns and preferences, fact-based deliberation in representative bodies and robust mechanisms to hold governments to account can help save European democracy from the onslaught of populism. This volume draws together proposals into a framework reflecting the four cumulative criteria used by modern political theorists to assess the health of a democracy: inclusion, choice, deliberation and impact. Its expert contributors offer pragmatic ideas to strengthen representative democracy at both the national and EU level. This is the third and final book produced in the framework of the Towards a Citizens' Union project co-funded by the EU's Erasmus+ Programme. It is the product of collaboration with 20 renowned think tanks from the European Policy Institutes Network (EPIN).

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2020
Authors:	Steven Blockmans • Sophia Russack
Dimensions:	228 x 164 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	395
ISBN-13:	978-1-5381-4579-1
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Area / regional studies > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies
LSN:	1-5381-4579-0
Barcode:	9781538145791

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