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A Democratic Audit of the European Union

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  • © 2004

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Authors:
  1. Christopher Lord

    1. University of Leeds, UK

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Part of the book series: One Europe or Several? (OES)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. What is a Democratic Audit?

    • Christopher Lord
    Pages 1-15

  3. Auditing Democracy in the European Union

    • Christopher Lord
    Pages 16-39

  4. Citizenship

    • Christopher Lord
    Pages 40-73

  5. Consent

    • Christopher Lord
    Pages 74-95

  6. Representation

    • Christopher Lord
    Pages 96-129

  7. Accountability (The Commission)

    • Christopher Lord
    Pages 130-161

  8. Accountability (The Council)

    • Christopher Lord
    Pages 162-196

  9. Constitutionalism, Democracy and the European Union

    • Christopher Lord
    Pages 197-218

  10. Conclusion

    • Christopher Lord
    Pages 219-228

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 229-256
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About this book

A Democratic Audit of the European Union provides a systematic assessment of democracy in the EU against clearly defined criteria. Christopher Lord offers a double challenge to generalizations about a democratic deficit in the EU. On the one hand, it shows that standards of democratic performance in the EU may vary across Union institutions and decision-making processes. On the other hand, it shows that they can vary across key dimensions of democratic governance, including citizenship, rights, participation, representation, responsiveness, transparency and accountability.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Leeds, UK

    Christopher Lord

About the author

CHRISTOPHER LORD is Professor of European Politics at the University of Leeds, UK. He is currently a Research Fellow with the ESRC's One Europe or Several? Programme.

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