Centripetal democracy : democratic legitimacy and political identity in Belgium, Switzerland, and the European Union / Joseph Lacey.

This volume offers a model of democratic legitimacy for the European Union.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lacey, Joseph (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Democracy > European Union countries. Legitimacy of governments > European Union countries. Democracy > Belgium. Political participation > Belgium. Democracy > Switzerland. Political participation > Switzerland. POLITICAL SCIENCE > General. Political participation Legitimacy of governments Democracy Switzerland Belgium European Union countries
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Table of Contents:

Introduction. Part One: Democratic Legitimacy and Political Identity. 1: Democratic Process and Democratic Purpose. 2: The Democratic Enactment of Representation. Part Two: Democratic Legitimacy and Political Identity in the EU. 3: A Conceptual Map of the EU. 4: A Democratic Assessment of European Demoi-cracy. Part Three: Testing the Lingua Franca Thesis
Belgium and Switzerland Compared. 5: Belgium Versus the Lingua Franca Thesis. 6: Switzerland Versus the Lingua Franca Thesis. Part Four: Implications for Democratic Legitimacy and Political Identity in the EU. 7: Modelling Centripetal Democracy for the EU. The Argument in Summary.

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