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A More Democratic Community: The Place of Democracy in the HIstory of European Integration

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Studies in Contemporary European History



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A More Democratic Community

The Place of Democracy in the HIstory of European Integration

Edited by Sara Lorenzini and Umberto Tulli

220 pages, bibliog., index

ISBN  978-1-80539-542-3 $135.00/£99.00 / Hb / Not Yet Published (August 2024)

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The histories of European unification and of West European democracy during the second half of the twentieth century have often been considered as separate or even antagonistic processes with the institutions of European integration being regarded as bastions of bureaucratic rule. A More Democratic Community challenges this assumption and argues that European integration benefited from the democratic accountability of member states while contributing to the validation of national democratic institutions. However, it also unveils a paradox: as integration deepened, it diminished the power of national parliaments, sparking a democratic accountability crisis within the Community. This insightful volume sheds light on pivotal reforms addressing Europe's perceived democratic deficit.

Sara Lorenzini is Professor of Contemporary History at the Department of Humanities and at the School of International Studies (SIS) of the University of Trento, where she teaches courses on International History (post-1945). Her most recent book is Global Development. A Cold War History (Princeton University Press, 2019). She was the recipient of a Jean Monnet Chair in European Integration History (2018-2021).

Umberto Tulli is Lecturer at the Department of Humanities and at the School of International Studies (SIS) of the University of Trento. He is currently working on the EEC and the human rights breakthrough of the 1970s. His latest book is A Precarious Equilibrium. Human Rights and Détente in Jimmy Carter’s Foreign Policy (Manchester University Press, 2020).

Subject: History: 20th Century to Present
Area: Europe


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