Tankar om demokrati, effektivitet och legitimitet -En idéanalys av debatten om EU:s framtid i två länder
(2005)Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- In recent years the concern about the future of the European Union and its
supposed lack of democracy, efficiency and legitimacy has increased. This
concern has resulted in extensive debates and the establishment of a convention
with the task to create a draft treaty for a European Constitution.
The aim of this essay is to study how the three theoretical concepts,
democracy, efficiency and legitimacy, have been described and used in the debate
about the future of the European Union. My main interest is to see how these
concepts are described in a debate regarding a political system that goes beyond
the borders of the nation-state. I have made a comparative textual analysis of the
debates taken place in Sweden and Spain during a... (More) - In recent years the concern about the future of the European Union and its
supposed lack of democracy, efficiency and legitimacy has increased. This
concern has resulted in extensive debates and the establishment of a convention
with the task to create a draft treaty for a European Constitution.
The aim of this essay is to study how the three theoretical concepts,
democracy, efficiency and legitimacy, have been described and used in the debate
about the future of the European Union. My main interest is to see how these
concepts are described in a debate regarding a political system that goes beyond
the borders of the nation-state. I have made a comparative textual analysis of the
debates taken place in Sweden and Spain during a period of over two years. I
have, for instance, found out that openness and clearness have a prominent
position as democratic values together with equality and justice (in Spain) and the
institution of accountability (in Sweden). Further on, democracy and efficiency
are often described as oppositions, between which priorities have to be made.
Legitimacy is found in democracy as a rightful source of authority and it is stated
that citizens usually found the results (in Spain) and the citizen involvement (in
Sweden) as the most important factors for generating social legitimacy. (Less)
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- author
- Norell, Lina
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2005
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Draft Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, Democracy, Legitimacy, Efficiency, Debate about the future of the European Union, Social sciences, Samhällsvetenskaper, Political and administrative sciences, Statsvetenskap, förvaltningskunskap
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1333008
- date added to LUP
- 2005-11-08 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2005-11-08 00:00:00
@misc{1333008,
abstract = {{In recent years the concern about the future of the European Union and its
supposed lack of democracy, efficiency and legitimacy has increased. This
concern has resulted in extensive debates and the establishment of a convention
with the task to create a draft treaty for a European Constitution.
The aim of this essay is to study how the three theoretical concepts,
democracy, efficiency and legitimacy, have been described and used in the debate
about the future of the European Union. My main interest is to see how these
concepts are described in a debate regarding a political system that goes beyond
the borders of the nation-state. I have made a comparative textual analysis of the
debates taken place in Sweden and Spain during a period of over two years. I
have, for instance, found out that openness and clearness have a prominent
position as democratic values together with equality and justice (in Spain) and the
institution of accountability (in Sweden). Further on, democracy and efficiency
are often described as oppositions, between which priorities have to be made.
Legitimacy is found in democracy as a rightful source of authority and it is stated
that citizens usually found the results (in Spain) and the citizen involvement (in
Sweden) as the most important factors for generating social legitimacy.}},
author = {{Norell, Lina}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Tankar om demokrati, effektivitet och legitimitet -En idéanalys av debatten om EU:s framtid i två länder}},
year = {{2005}},
}