The Crisis of Representation in Europe

The early 1990s have witnessed a wave of populist disaffection from their representative elites, who have come to be regarded as promoting an agenda of European integration that does not attach sufficient importance to the general public's concerns. The 1994 European Elections focused public attention on this crisis and the contributors to this symposium critically assess the diagnosis of the ailment and the solutions that have been canvassed to remedy its causes and consequences.

Jack Hayward is a Fellow of St. Anthony's College and Professor of Politics and Director of the Centre for European Politics, Economics and Society, Oxford University.