majority rule at the European level. In order to ensure democratic legitimacy, however, majoritarian legislation would have to …European integration has come to constrain the capacity for democratic political action in EU member states through the … judicial constitutionalization of "economic liberties," whereas the capacity for effective political action at the European …

national parliament cannot, without undermining its own legitimacy, allow the results of a constitutional referendum to be …

Responsibility (CSR). One camp argues that CSR expansion is likely during periods of economic liberalization because CSR tends to … membership in business-led CSR organizations in over thirty countries from 1981 to 2008, we show that economic liberalization has … a strong effect on CSR expansion when the legitimacy of CSR is low. However, when the practice has achieved substantial …

This paper provides a conceptual analysis of the EU's legitimation status through the lens of a realist account of … legitimacy. We propose a modification of Bernard Williams' theory of liberal legitimacy, and use it to make sense of the widely … perceived legitimation crisis of the EU. In Williams' well-known formula, "Basic Legitimation Demand + Modernity = Liberalism …

This essay re-examines the dual – republican and liberal – foundations of democratic legitimacy in the Western … polity and to the normative potential of legitimacy intermediation in its two-step compliance and legitimating relationships …

legitimacy. Moreover, present efforts by EMU governments to “rescue the euro” will do little to correct the economic imbalances …

Responsibility (CSR). One camp argues that CSR expansion is likely during periods of economic liberalization because CSR tends to … membership in business-led CSR organizations in over thirty countries from 1981 to 2008, we show that economic liberalization has … a strong effect on CSR expansion when the legitimacy of CSR is low. However, when the practice has achieved substantial …