The Challenge of Democratic Representation in the European Union

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Political Representation in the EU: A Second Transformation?....Pages 3-20
Front Matter....Pages 21-21
Political Parties at the European Level: Do They Satisfy the Condition of Programmatic Convergence?....Pages 23-40
Interparliamentary Cooperation and Democratic Representation in the European Union....Pages 41-58
The Committee of the Regions and the Upgrading of Subnational Territorial Representation....Pages 59-73
Whom Do They Represent? Mixed Modes of Representation in EU-Based CSOs....Pages 74-91
Representing Their Members? Civil Society Organizations and the EU’s External Dimension....Pages 92-113
Front Matter....Pages 115-115
The Plural Representative Space: How Mass Media and National Parliaments Stimulate Pluralism through Competition....Pages 117-134
A Media Perspective on Political Representation: Online Claims-Making and Audience Formation in 2009 EP Election Campaigns....Pages 135-154
Unelected Representatives in the Europolitical Field: CSOs between Berlin and Brussels....Pages 155-172
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
From the Margins of European Integration to the Guardians of the Treaties? The Role of National Parliaments in the EU....Pages 175-191
The Europeanization of Regional Assemblies: A Comparison between Different Ways of Approaching the Representative Challenge in EU Affairs....Pages 192-208
Interest Representation in the EU — Is There Any? A Top-Down Perspective....Pages 209-225
Democracy Promoter or Interest Defender? How the European Commission Influences Non-Electoral Representation by Civil Society Organizations....Pages 226-240
Representing Workers or Presenting EU Prescriptions? Trade Unions from Post-Socialist Member States in EU Multi-Level Governance....Pages 241-255
Front Matter....Pages 257-257
Transformation As Differentiation: The Diversity of Representation in the European Union....Pages 259-273
Back Matter....Pages 274-306