Legitimating the European Union Aspirations, Inputs and Performance

"Legitimating the European Union focuses on notions of political legitimacy in the European Union. The book links legitimacy theory to the way in which the EU's citizens experience and react to supranational forms of governance."--BOOK JACKET.

JANET MATHER is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Introduction * What is Legitimacy and How Has Europe Managed to Achieve it in the Past? * Adapting Legitimacy to the European Union * Liberal Representative Democracy and EU Legitimacy * Acting and Interacting: Participatory Democracy and EU Legitimacy * A Citizens' European Union * The EU and Globalisation: Performance on the World Stage * Conclusion Introduction * What is Legitimacy and How Has Europe Managed to Achieve it in the Past? * Adapting Legitimacy to the European Union * Liberal Representative Democracy and EU Legitimacy * Acting and Interacting: Participatory Democracy and EU Legitimacy * A Citizens' European Union * The EU and Globalisation: Performance on the World Stage * Conclusion