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Legitimacy and the European Union : the contested polity / edited by Thomas Banchoff and Mitchell P. Smith. - London ; New York : Routledge, 1999. - x, 226 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Conceptualizing legitimacy in a contested policy / Thomas Banchoff and Mitchell P. Smith -- EU legitimacy and the "defensive" reaction to the single European market / Mitchell P. Smith -- Unity-in-diversity: cultural policy and EU legitimacy / Melissa Pantel -- Reconciliation and legitimacy: foreign relations and enlargement of the European Union / Lil Gardner Feldman -- Political parties and the problem of legitimacy in the European Union / Robert Ladrech -- National parties and the contestation of Europe / Gary Marks and Carole Wilson -- The European parliament and EU legitimacy / Wolfgang Wessels and Udo Diedrichs -- EU citizenship: implications for identity and legitimacy / Rey Koslowski -- National identity and EU legitimacy in France and Germany / Thomas Banchoff -- Political rhetoric and the legitimation of the European Union / John Gaffney.

ISBN: 0415181887 (hbk) 9780415181884 (hbk) 0415181895 (pbk) 9780415181891 (pbk)

Subjects--Corporate Names:
European Union.
Union europeenne.
Unión Europea

Subjects--Topical Terms:
European federation.
Legitimacy of governments--Europe.
Federación Europea
Legitimidad de los gobiernos --Europa

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Países de la Unión Europea

LC Class. No.: JN 30 / L514 1999

Dewey Class. No.: 341.242/2