Conceptually mapping the European Union : a demoi-cratic analysis
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Journal of European integration, 2016, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 61-77
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LACEY, Joseph, Conceptually mapping the European Union : a demoi-cratic analysis, Journal of European integration, 2016, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 61-77 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/61539
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This article identifies demoi-cracy as the most robust category for understanding the European Union, and three tasks are undertaken to contribute towards this conceptualisation. First, it is explained how demoi-cracy differs from other popular categories that have been used to describe the EU and why it stands out as the most accurate. Second, contrary to the view that places demoi-cracy in contrast to political systems existing with a singular demos, it is argued that this concept is best understood as being capable of capturing cases where a weaker demos exists alongside strong sovereign demoi. Finally, the idea of demoi-cracy is broken into two further concepts (deep diversity and dual compound regime) and elaborated upon at length with a view to further specifying the nature of the EU.