Browsing Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS) by Subject "democracy"

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Browsing Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS) by Subject "democracy"

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    Title: A Problem Concerning Proportional Representation: Constitutional politics and the crisis of democratic legitimacy  Author(s): MARKOVITS, Daniel Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: Proportional representation is often thought a democratic ideal. But whatever proportional representation's virtues in ordinary politics, it is poorly suited to sustaining democratic legitimacy in what might, speaking ...
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    Title: Democracy in Troubled Times  Author(s): MENY, Yves Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Democracies are fragile constructions. The apparently overwhelming expansion of democratic regimes should not, however, hide their intrinsic weaknesses. The paper examines how five (hypo)theses proposed by the author 10 ...
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    Title: Legitimating the European Union: The Contested Meanings of an EU Constitution  Author(s): OBERHUBER, Florian Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: Following up on a previous study on the Convention on the Future of Europe, the present article investigates the reception of the EU’s constitutional experience in the public. A qualitative analysis of the press coverage ...
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    Title: Codecision and Institutional Change  Author(s): FARRELL, Henry; HERITIER, Adrienne Date: 2006 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS