Democracy in Europe: the EU and national polities

Written by a leading scholar on Europeanization, this title explores the impact of European integration on national democracies. Focusing on the case studies of France, Britain Italy and Germany, this is a contribution to work on the implications of European integration for democratic government

Written by a leading scholar on Europeanization, this title explores the impact of European integration on national democracies. Focusing on the case studies of France, Britain Italy and Germany, this is a contribution to work on the implications of European integration for democratic government.

Democracy in Europe is about the impact of European integration on national democracies. It argues that the oft-cited democratic deficit is indeed a problem, but not so much at the level of the European Union per se as at the national level. This is because national leaders and publics have yet to come to terms with the institutional impact of the EU on the traditional workings of their national democracies. The book begins with a discussion of what the EU is-a new form of 'regional state' in which sovereignty is shared, boundaries are variable, identity composite, and democracy fragmented. It

Democracy in Europe is about the impact of European integration on national democracies. It argues that the oft-cited democratic deficit is indeed a problem, but not so much at the level of the European Union per se as at the national level. This is because national leaders and publics have yet to come to terms with the institutional impact of the EU on the traditional workings of their national democracies. The book begins with a discussion of what the EU is-a new form of 'regional state' in which sovereignty is shared, boundaries are variable, identity composite, and democracy fragmented. It