What kind of deficit
Problems of legitimacy in the European Union
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2398057 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel Innerarity (0000-0003-4307-8468, University of Basque Country, Ikesbasque Foundation for Science, San Sebastiàn, Spain, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 307-325 |
| Publication date | 2014-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Social Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1368-4310 • E-ISSN: 1461-7137 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1368431014530928 |
| OpenAlex | W1975617269 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 26 |
We are still unable to correctly identify the true crisis in Europe: whether it is a question of a lack of a demos or cratos; whether it is the democracy, legitimacy, or justice that is inadequate; whether we are facing a problem of intelligibility or of too little politicization. The article begin the analysis with three hypotheses: (1) none of the attempts to explain the crisis that focus on a single deficit or weakness seems satisfactory, so the discussion should focus on the way these types of deficiencies are expressed and the extent to which each one of them is involved. For this very reason, it makes no sense to entrust the entire solution to the strengthening of one single criterion (participation, effectiveness, or communication, for example). (2) Polarizing the legitimacy framework around two possibilities (input and output) seems to be a simplification that does not do justice to the intricate way in which the results and the procedures, effectiveness and consent are related in a democracy. (3) The resulting description cannot be less complex than that which it is attempting to describe, so the task of repairing EU legitimacy should be carried out through a sophisticated division of labor (between institutions, criteria, and values). The process of European integration may be one of the most interesting manifestations of a general problem in today's societies: how to reconstruct political authority to confront the new challenges of communal life
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Legitimacy in an Age of Global Politics
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Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
Theorizing the Democratic Legitimacy of European Governance
Constitutional reform in the European community
The evolution of the large firm as a political actor in the European Union
Elements of democratic legitimation in Europe
Justice, Not Democracy
Die Gesellschaft Der Leute
The Effect of Compulsory Voting on Turnout Stratification Patterns
Europe from the Bottom
A Democratic Dilemma
Accountability and Abuses of Power in World Politics
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2024 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |