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dc.contributor.authorBLONDEL, Jean
dc.contributor.authorSINNOTT, Richard
dc.contributor.authorSVENSSON, Palle
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-02T13:50:58Z
dc.date.available2013-07-02T13:50:58Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.identifier.citationOxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998en
dc.identifier.isbn9780198293088
dc.identifier.isbn0198293089
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/27502
dc.description.abstractThe power of the European Parliament has been steadily and visibly increasing in recent years. This arises from EU treaty changes and from the fact that more and more decisions are being made at the European level. At the same time, however, the already low rate of turnout in European elections has actually been declining. This powerful new study examines a seemingly paradoxical situation which has raised deep concern about the democratic deficit in the European Union. The authors analyse the concepts of participation, democracy, and legitimacy and their applicability at the European level and develop a typology of voter participation and abstention in the European context. Combining extensive new data from specially commissioned surveys in all 1994 member states with a searching review of the existing evidence, they provide a comprehensive account of the legitimacy of the European Union and examine the images of the European Parliament, citizens experiences of the 1994 campaign and their perceptions of the parties and the candidates.In an analysis that challenges existing interpretations, the institutional, demographic, and attitudinal sources of participation and abstention are fully explored. The study concludes by considering how participation and democratic representation might be enhanced, acknowledging forthrightly the obstacles and inherent limits that such efforts are likely to face.en
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Electoral participation, democracy, and legitimacy in the European Union. -- 2. The extent and nature of the problem of abstention in European Parliament elections. -- 3. Legitimacy and participation. -- 4. Interest, knowledge, and participation. -- 5. The European Parliament : power, responsiveness, image, and participation. -- 6. Parties, candidates, and campaigns. -- 7. Turnout in context : a comparison of member states. -- 8. Sources of participation and abstention. -- 9. Conclusion : participation, democracy, and legitimacy in the European Union.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherClarendon Press ; Oxford University Pressen
dc.titlePeople and Parliament in the European Union : participation, democracy, and legitimacyen
dc.typeBooken
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/0198293089.001.0001
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