The Democratic Deficit and the European Transparency Initiative

Year 2009, Volume: 8 Issue: 2, 109 - 143, 01.10.2009

Dilek Yiğit

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

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