The Democratic Deficit and the European Transparency Initiative

Abstract

Supranasyonel bir kurulu olan Avrupa Birli i’nin karar organlarõnõn, büyük ölçüde temsili demokrasiye istinat etmiyor olmasõ, Birli in karar-alma mekanizmasõnõn demokratik kalitesi ve Birli in me ruiyeti konusunda kaygõlara neden olmaktadõr. Bu makale, Avrupa Birli i’nde demokrasi açõ õnõn nedenleri üzerinde dururken, Avrupa "effaflõk Giri imi’nin, demokrasi açõ õ sorununu ne ölçüde çözebilece ini analiz etmektedir

Abstract

Because the European Union as a supranational organisation is not predominantly based on representative mechanism there have been concerns about democratic quality of its decision-making process and legitimacy of its political order. This paper discusses why the European Union suffers from a democratic deficit and to what extent the European Transparency Initiative succesfully addresses the democratic deficit in the Union

Keywords

• Democratic deficit,theory of democracy,transparency,civil society

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