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Legitimating the European Union

Aspirations, Inputs and Performance

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Authors:
  1. Janet Mather

    1. Department of Politics and Philosophy, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Janet Mather
    Pages 1-8

  3. Legitimacy and Legitimation in the Old Europe

    • Janet Mather
    Pages 9-32

  4. Adapting Legitimacy to the European Union

    • Janet Mather
    Pages 33-58

  5. Liberal Representative Democracy and EU Legitimacy

    • Janet Mather
    Pages 59-86

  6. Acting and Interacting: Participatory Democracy and EU Legitimacy

    • Janet Mather
    Pages 87-113

  7. A Citizens’ European Union

    • Janet Mather
    Pages 114-142

  8. The EU’s External Performance

    • Janet Mather
    Pages 143-169

  9. Conclusion

    • Janet Mather
    Pages 170-178

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 179-233
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This is a study in EU legitimacy from the perspective of EU citizens. Mather argues that legitimacy is empirical: 'legitimacy only exists if people feel that it does' and that the EU is a unique and dynamic institution, hence legitimating factors are also evolutionary.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Politics and Philosophy, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

    Janet Mather

About the author

JANET MATHER is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. She is the author of The European Union and British Democracy: Towards Convergence, and a number of journal articles. She has also contributed chapters to books edited by Neill Nugent, Juliet Lodge and Michael O'Neill amongst others.

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