Module POL3196 for 2024/5
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL3196: Democracy in the European Union
This module descriptor refers to the 2024/5 academic year.
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Basic reading:
Manin, Bernard, 1997, The Principles of Representative Government, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Introduction, Chapter 2, 4-6, Conclusion.
Pitkin, Hanna, 1967, The Concept of Representation, Berkeley: University of California Press.
Richardson, Jeremy and Mazey, Sonja (eds.), 2015, European Union. Power and Policy-Making, 4th edition. Abingdon: Routledge.
Moravcsik, Andrew, 2002, In Defence of the 'Democratic Deficit': Reassessing Legitimacy in the European Union, Journal of Common Market Studies 40 (4): 603-24.
Follesdal, Andreas and Simon Hix, 2006, Why there is a Democratic Deficit in the European Union. A Response to Majone and Moravcsik, Journal of Common Market Studies 44 (3): 533-62.
