FOUNDATIONS OF DEMOCRACY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION by John Pinder (Editor), HRH Princess of The Netherlands Margriet (Foreword) ( 9780333774700 )

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FOUNDATIONS OF DEMOCRACY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
FROM THE GENESIS OF PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

By:

John Pinder (Editor), HRH Princess of The Netherlands Margriet (Foreword)

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0333774701

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PALGRAVE MACMILLAN

Pub. date:

3 June, 1999

Pages:

163

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This work examines European democracy, showing how it has developed through key episodes in the long history of the process. It explores the significance of each episode in the development of national or federal democracy and concludes with an assessment of the prospects of liberal democracy.

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This book offers a new approach to the study of European democracy showing how this has developed through key episodes in the long history of the process: precursors in the Low Countries; the founding of British parliamentary then American federal democracy; post-revolutionary France; post-war Germany; the European Parliament. It examines the significance of each episode in the development of national or federal democracy and concludes with a positive assessment of the prospects of liberal democracy. This is an important book for political scientists, historians and others concerned with the development of democracy in Europe and beyond.

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