Bureaucratization or Strengthening of the Political
Estonian Institutions and Integration into the European Union
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8912352 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kristi Raik (0000-0002-6185-8532, The Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Mannerheimintie 15A, FIN-00260 Helsinki, Finland., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 137-156 |
| Publication date | 2002-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cooperation and Conflict (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-8367 • E-ISSN: 1460-3691 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0010836702037002974 |
| OpenAlex | W2123430052 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 17 |
Along with accession negotiations, integration into the European Union (EU) has become a central dimension of Estonian politics, creating new institutional practices and shaping domestic political processes. This article explores how the positions of and relations between the Estonian government, civil servants, parliament and civil society have been constructed in the course of preparations for EU membership, and discusses the findings from the viewpoint of democratic politics. With the help of different concepts of discursive power, it is highlighted that although parliament and civil society have acquired increasing power in the discourses of integration and there have been attempts to increase their involvement, power over these discourses is still predominantly exercised by civil servants and the government. This reflects the tensions built into the logic of integration that, on the one hand, is dominated by the principles of speed, efficiency, expertise and inevitability, but on the other has placed increasing emphasis on the democratic aspect. Altogether, integration tends to limit democracy to a minimal model, reinforcing some general weaknesses of democracy that are common in the post-communist countries, and intertwining these with the technocratic, elite-centred tradition of the EU that is being adopted by the applicant states
Civil society · Democracy · Economic system · Economics · Elite · European union · Negotiation · Parliament · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Technocracy · European Union Policy and Governance · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Political Systems and Governance · Public Administration
The Enlargement of the European Union
The Informal Logic of Institutional Design
A Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy
The International Dimensions of Democratization
The Theory of Institutional Design
Polyarchy
Democracy and Democratization
Deliberative Democracy and Beyond
Critical Discourse Analysis
Parliamentarizing Foreign Policy Decision-Making
Europe as a Discursive Battleground
The Politics of Inclusion
Beyond Restoration
How Pervasive are Euro‐Politics? Effects of EU Membership on a New Member State
What has Eastern Europe taught us about the Democratization literature (and vice versa)
Determinants of public support for EU membership
Sovereignty for security
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,28 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2023 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |