EUROPEANISATION AND THE CHALLENGE OF DEMOCRACY
EUROPEANISATION AND THE CHALLENGE OF DEMOCRACY
Author(s): Sten BerglundSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Hrvatsko politološko društvo
Keywords: Europeanisation; state building; democracy
Summary/Abstract: This article sets out to clarify the complex relationship between Europeanisation and democracy. In the process we will get a better understanding of what the EU is, what it is not, and what it might become in the shadow of the ongoing Eurozone crisis. Organisationally, the EU is a hybrid between intergovernmentalism and statehood. It has an ideological commitment to democracy and European integration. It has done more to promote democracy in Europe than anyone else, but it cannot practice all that it teaches. It is not – and cannot develop into – a full-blown democracy on a par with its member states as long as European state and nation building remains incomplete.
Journal: Anali hrvatskog politološkog društva
- Issue Year: 2013
- Issue No: 10
- Page Range: 57-69
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English