Governing in Europe: Effective and Democratic?

by Fritz W. Scharpf

Book Overview

The problem-solving capacity, and hence the democratic legitimacy, of national governments is being weakened by the dual processes of legal and economic integration in Europe; and the loss is not fully compensated by the development of effective and legitimate problem-solving capabilities at the European level. Professor Scharpf supports his position by examining the normative underpinnings of democratic legitimacy and by a detailed analysis of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198295456
• ISBN13: 9780198295457
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"