Assessing Democratic Legitimacy from a Deliberative Perspective

Anne Elizabeth Stie

No 6, ARENA Working Papers from ARENA

Abstract: In this article, I outline an analytical framework allowing for an assessment of the democratic legitimacy of the decision-making system of the EU’s second pillar with reference to five criteria. The criteria are developed on the basis of a discoursetheoretical reading of a deliberative perspective on democracy. Empirical indicators for each criterion are specified and discussed. With this analytical framework the institutional and procedural aspects of the second pillar decision-making system can be evaluated for its democratic qualities or lack thereof.

Keywords: normative; political; theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-02-20
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