EU and Governance: State powers, democracy, and trilogues

Abstract

The debate over the character, origin and even the existence of a democratic deficit in the European Union have been of a focus of EU studies since the 1990s. This panel explores diverse aspects of EU governance with papers focusing on the interaction between decision making processes, multi-level engagement and the democratic quality of EU governance.

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How trickle-down democracy won the debate and why it didn’t have to	View Paper Details
Compromise or stand my ground? How negotiators experience and handle cross-pressures in trilogues	View Paper Details
Coping with Europe: EU Membership and Party System Change	View Paper Details
Mainstream parties and the European integration of core state powers	View Paper Details
Explaining the reliance on technical meetings in trilogue negotiations	View Paper Details