Europarties After Enlargement: Organization, Ideology and Competition

by Edoardo Bressanelli

Book Overview

By comparing the importance of representative democracy to the EU as enshrined in the Lisbon Treaty with the political systems in the EU's newest member states, this study explores whether representative democracy can really exist in an enlarged EU and explores the constraints and opportunities for political parties operating the in the EU.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349467758
• ISBN13: 9781349467754
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"