{"product_id":"rethinking-democracy-and-the-european-erik-oddvar-eriksen-9780415605571","title":"Rethinking Democracy and the European Union","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile the Lisbon treaty was meant to clarify the European Union's role and political identity, it remains a challenge for politicians and decision-makers to define. \u003cem\u003eRethinking Democracy and the European\u003c\/em\u003e Union looks at both the concept of the EU as a political system, and analyses the meaning and status of democracy in Europe today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book draws upon leading scholars and practitioners from the RECON project (Reconstituting Democracy in Europe) to frame and analyse a range of institutional realms and policy fields, including constitutionalisation, representative developments, gender politics, civil society and public sphere, identity, and security and globalisation. Drawing together these strands, the book questions whether EU politics require a new theory of democracy, and evaluates the relationship between union and state, and the possible future of post-national democracy. Lucid and accessible, this book is at the forefront of the intellectual debate over the character of the EU, presenting research, theory and analysis on a critical political issue of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRethinking Democracy and the European Union\u003c\/em\u003e will be of interest to students and scholars of democracy, European Union politics and international relations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Erik Oddvar Eriksen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415605571\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415605571\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/16\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2012 pg. 112","brand":"Erik Oddvar Eriksen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48112751444223,"sku":"9780415605571","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0b9686a9-b36f-4b72-88cd-5fc2cbec8de1.jpg?v=1769610694","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rethinking-democracy-and-the-european-erik-oddvar-eriksen-9780415605571","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}