Democracy without democracy? Can the EU's democratic 'outputs' be separated from the democratic 'inputs' provided by competitive parties and majority rule?

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-19

  Bellamy, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'input' and 'output' democracy; Democratic deficit; Majority rule

Indexed keywords

EID: 73949088343     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501760903465256     Document Type: Article

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