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Efter EU-inträdet: konsekvenser för svensk demokrati

Flystam, Linnéa LU (2023) STVA22 20222
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to empirically study the consequences of Swedish democracy after the entry to the European Union. This is done by comparing the years of 1990 and 2003, since Sweden became a EU-member 1995 after the referendum in 1994. To study the changes in the democratic process are Robert Dahl’s five criterias for democracy used. The result shows that the major democratic problem is founded in the fact that Swedish citizens exclude themselves from the democracy through the EU, due to the lack of legitimacy. It also shows that other democratic issues, such as accountability and transparency, already existed in Sweden in 1990 but might have aggravated because of the EU.
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author
Flystam, Linnéa LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVA22 20222
year
type
L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
subject
keywords
democracy, democratic legitimacy, EU, Robert Dahl’s democracy theory, effective participation, voting equality, enlightened understanding, control of the agenda, inclusion
language
Swedish
id
9104863
date added to LUP
2023-02-22 13:33:43
date last changed
2023-02-22 13:33:43
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  abstract     = {{The purpose of this paper is to empirically study the consequences of Swedish democracy after the entry to the European Union. This is done by comparing the years of 1990 and 2003, since Sweden became a EU-member 1995 after the referendum in 1994. To study the changes in the democratic process are Robert Dahl’s five criterias for democracy used. The result shows that the major democratic problem is founded in the fact that Swedish citizens exclude themselves from the democracy through the EU, due to the lack of legitimacy. It also shows that other democratic issues, such as accountability and transparency, already existed in Sweden in 1990 but might have aggravated because of the EU.}},
  author       = {{Flystam, Linnéa}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Efter EU-inträdet: konsekvenser för svensk demokrati}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}