Why There is a Democratic Deficit in the EU: A Response to Majone and Moravcsik

Giandomenico Majone and Andrew Moravcsik have argued that the EU does not suffer a 'democratic deficit'. We disagree about one key element: whether a democratic polity requires contestation for political leadership and over policy. This aspect is an essential element of even the 'thinnest' theories of democracy, yet is conspicuously absent in the EU. Copyright 2006 The Author(s).

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Year of publication:	2006
Authors:	FOLLESDAL, ANDREAS ; HIX, SIMON
Published in:	Journal of Common Market Studies. - Wiley Blackwell, ISSN 0021-9886. - Vol. 44.2006, 09, p. 533-562
Publisher:	Wiley Blackwell

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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