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Why There is a Democratic Deficit in the EU: A Response to Majone and Moravcsik

Andreas Follesdal
University of Oslo - Faculty of Law

Simon Hix
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Government

Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 533-562, September 2006

Abstract:
Giandomenico Majone and Andrew Moravcsik have argued that the EU does not suffer a 'democratic deficit'. We disagree about one key element: whether a democratic polity requires contestation for political leadership and over policy. This aspect is an essential element of even the 'thinnest' theories of democracy, yet is conspicuously absent in the EU.

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Date posted: August 17, 2006 ; Last revised: February 11, 2009

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Follesdal, Andreas and Hix, Simon, Why There is a Democratic Deficit in the EU: A Response to Majone and Moravcsik. Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 533-562, September 2006. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=924666 or doi:10.1111/j.1468-5965.2006.00650.x

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Andreas Follesdal (Contact Author) University of Oslo - Faculty of Law ( email ) Oslo NO-0317 Norway HOME PAGE: http://folk.uio.no/andreasf/
Simon Hix London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Government ( email ) Northampton NN7 1NE United Kingdom