Essays about: "democratic deficit in the european Union"
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1. Democratic Deficit within the Champion of Democracy: How the United States is experiencing similar democratic failures as the European Union
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This bachelor thesis seeks to find out if the Congress, the legislative power of the United States of America, is suffering from the phenomenon of democratic deficit and what the causes of that may be. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s democracy index for 2021, the U.S. READ MORE
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2. When Political Interest is not Enough: A quantitative study on what deterred politically interested citizens from voting in the 2019 European Parliamentary election
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The European Union (EU) has long suffered from a democratic deficit, something that has been highlighted many times by politicians, media and citizens alike. The EU has in turn tried to better its democratic standing by increasing the power of the European Parliament (EP) through the Treaty of Lisbon in 2009. READ MORE
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3. The European Union and its Democratic Deficit(s) : A descriptive idea-analysis
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Despite the EU’s profound commitment to uphold and promote democracy, scholars have throughout the years argued that the organization suffers from two separate, although seemingly related, democratic paradoxes and deficits: one focusing on the supranational EU-level and the Union at large, one addressing the national EU-level and the member-state components of the system. Despite the shared themes and verdicts of the EU as democratically defective – little to no attention has yet been paid to elaborate on how these debates might be connected. READ MORE
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4. An arena for effective opposition? : A systematic investigation into political opposition in the European Parliament
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The European Union is suffering from a legitimacy crisis, which thus far has culminated with Great Britain’s decision to exit the union. According to the ‘opposition deficit thesis’, this is caused as there is no arena in which effective opposition can be voiced in the European Union, which forces EU citizens to organise their opposition outside the political system, and often against it. READ MORE
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5. A Democratic European Union: What does it mean? A discourse analysis of two debates on the Conference on the Future of Europe in the European Parliament
University essay from Lunds universitet/EuropastudierAbstract : The question of the European Union’s (EU) democratic legitimacy has been a crucial issue at all stages of the European integration process. With crises of economic, social and democratic nature, trust in the EU institutions is questioned by citizens, providing a vacuum between expectations and results and a ‘democratic deficit’. READ MORE
