Rethinking Democracy and the European Union

Rethinking Democracy and the European Union looks at both the concept of the EU as a political system, and what type of democracy operates within that system.Even with the adoption of the Lisbon Treaty, the EU continues to represent a challenge for politicians and decision-makers, as well as for political and democratic theorists. Chapters by leading scholars and practitioners from the RECON Project (Reconstituting Democracy in Europe) provide a reconceptualization of the meaning and status of democracy in Europe today. The book also develops an analytical framework that makes democratic stock-taking possible over a range of institutional realms and policy fields.Rethinking Democracy and the European Union will be of interest to students and scholars of democracy, European Union politics and international relations.