Accountability and Legitimacy in the European Union

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Anthony Arnull, Daniel Wincott
Oxford University Press, 2002 - 537 pages
The contributors to this interdisciplinary collection of essays consider various aspects of accountability and legitimacy in the European Union. How open should the Union's decision-making be? What is the right balance between accountability and efficiency? Does the Union now need a formal constitution? How can respect for democracy, fundamental rights and the rule of law in the Union best be ensured? These are just some of the questions explored in this book. It will be of interest to anyone concerned with the future of Europe, from students and academics to policy-makers, and journalists.
 

Contents

Institutions and Decisionmaking
11
Decisionmaking under the Second Pillar
41
Decisionmaking in the Area of Freedom
63
What is
81
Enhanced Cooperation or Flexibility in the PostNice Era
97
Legitimacy Accountability and Delegation in
113
The Judicial Architecture of the European
133
On the Legitimacy and Democratic Accountability
147
Fundamental Rights and Social Rights
257
The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
275
The Principle of NonDiscrimination in
291
New Governance and the European Union
327
Twin Threats to European
345
EMU and the Lisbon Goals in an Enlarged
365
The Governance White Paper the Commission
379
Enlargement and the Movement of People
399

Constitutionalism and the Future of Europe
165
A Case of
183
The Delimitation of Powers Between the
201
The EU and DemocracyLawful and Legitimate
223
The Rule of Law in the European Union
239
Managing the EUs New External Border
453
From Zero Immigration
469
National States European Union and Changing
487
Index
513
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