Democratizing Europe

Drawing from recent streams of scholarship, Democratizing Europe provides a renewed portrait of EU government that point at the enduring leading role of independent powers (the European Court, Commission and Central Bank). Vauchez suggests that we recogni

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OLITICS IN FRANCE AND EUROPE Pascal Perrineau and Luc Rouban (editors) GERMANY AFTER THE GRAND COALITION Governance and Politics in a Turbulent Environment Silvia Bolgherini and Florian Grotz (editors) THE NEW VOTER IN WESTERN EUROPE France and Beyond Bruno Cautrès and Anne Muxel (editors) THE MOBILIZATION OF THE UNEMPLOYED IN EUROPE From Acquiescence to Protest? Didier Chabanet and Jean Faniel (editors) GERMANY, POLAND, AND POSTMEMORIAL RELATIONS In Search of a Livable Past Kristin Kopp and Joanna Nizynska (editors) LIBERALIZATION CHALLENGES IN HUNGARY Elitism, Progressivism, and Populism Umut Korkut PARLIAMENT AND DIASPORA IN EUROPE Michel S. Laguerre THE EUROPEANIZATION OF EUROPEAN POLITICS Charlotte Bretherton and Michael L. Mannin (editors) LESSONS FROM THE ECONOMIC CRISIS IN SPAIN Sebastian Royo POLITICS AND SOCIETY IN CONTEMPORARY SPAIN From Zapatero to Rajoy Bonnie N. Field and Alfonso Botti (editors) THE DISCOURSES AND POLITICS OF MIGRATION IN EUROPE Umut Korkut, Gregg Bucken-Knapp, Aidan McGarry, Jonas Hinnfors, and Helen Drake (editors) NEGOTIATING EUROPE EU Promotion of Europeanness since the 1950s Oriane Calligaro POLITICS IN PRIVATE Love and Convictions in the French Political Consciousness Anne Muxel; Translated by Chantal Barry POLAND AND EU ENLARGEMENT Foreign Policy in Transformation Joanna Kaminska MIGRANT MOBILIZATION AND SECURITIZATION IN THE US AND EUROPE How Does It Feel to Be a Threat? Ariane Chebel d’Appollonia WHY MINORITY GOVERNMENTS WORK Multilevel Territorial Politics in Spain Bonnie N. Field DEMOCRATIZING EUROPE Antoine Vauchez DOI: 10.1057/9781137540911.0001

Democratizing Europe Antoine Vauchez CN C NRS Research Professor, U Université Paris 1-Sorbonne, France

DOI: 10.1057/9781137540911.0001

democratizing europe Copyright © Antoine Vauchez, 2016. Series Editor’s Foreword © Martin A. Schain, 2016

Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2016 978-1-137-54090-4 All rights reserved. First published in 2016 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978-1-137-54091-1 PDF ISBN: 978-1-349-71237-3 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the Library of Congress. A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. First edition: 2016 www.palgrave.com/pivot DOI: 10.1057/9781137540911

Contents Series Editor’s Foreword Martin A. Schain Acknowledgments

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Introduction

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1 A Potemkin Democracy?

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2 Europe’s Way of Government in the Making

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3 The Crisis of