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The EU’s new economic governance lacks democratic legitimacy. The rise and fall of the EU Constitutional Treaty can teach policy-makers how to solve this problem
No full textWith the development of new EU economic governance in the form of the Fiscal Compact, calls for the reform of the EU’s political structures are now resurgent. Ben Crum argues that the rise and fall of the EU Constitutional Treaty can teach policy-makers which measures need to be undertaken and that a systematic vision on how European integration can complement national governing capacities rather than erode them is needed
Populist parties and democratic resilience in Europe
No full textDoes populism pose a threat to European democracies? Drawing on a new book, Ben Crum and Alvaro Oleart examine when populist parties turn anti-democratic and when they remain loyal to the democratic system
PSX848565_Supplemental_material – Supplemental material for Transnational Representation in EU National Parliaments: Concept, Case Study, Research Agenda
No full textSupplemental material, PSX848565_Supplemental_material for Transnational Representation in EU National Parliaments: Concept, Case Study, Research Agenda by Lucy Kinski and Ben Crum in Political Studies</p
Practices of interparliamentary coordination in international politics : the European Union and beyond /
No full textLiteraturverz. S. [269] - 296Chapter One: Practices of Interparliamentary Coordination in International Politics: The European Union and Beyond / Ben Crum and John Erik Fossum 1. - Part I. National Scrutiny Mechanisms in the EU. - Chapter Two: Learning from the Best? Interparliamentary Networks. - and the Parliamentary Scrutiny of EU Decision-Making / Aron Buzogány 17. - Chapter Three: Cooperation among National Parliaments: An Effective Contribution to EU Legitimation? / Viera Knutelská 33. - Chapter Four: Deliberation in the Multilevel Parliamentary Field: The Seasonal Workers Directive as a Test Case / Ian Cooper 51. - Part II. Interparliamentary Interaction in Different Policy Domains. - Chapter Five: Interparliamentary Coordination in Single Market Policy-Making: The EU Services Directive / Ben Crum and Eric Miklin 71. - Chapter Six: Coordination Practices in the Parliamentary Control of Justice and Home Affairs Agencies: The Case of Europol / Daniel Ruiz de Garibay 87. - Chapter Seven: Parliaments at the Water's Edge: Th
Party system hospitality, internal strife, and radicalization:The evolution of the Partij voor de Vrijheid and the Forum voor Democratie in the Netherlands
Get PDFGiven the high turnover of populist parties that is typical of Dutch politics, this chapter asks: To what extent are the PVV and the FvD anti-pluralist parties, and how have these populist parties been accommodated by the Dutch political system? To answer this question, the chapter examines the democratic credentials of the Partij voor de Vrijheid (PVV) and the Forum voor Democratie (FvD). In assessing whether these parties pose a threat to democratic pluralism, the analysis focusses on two indicators: (1) political tolerance and (2) respecting the formal and informal rules of constitutional democracy. The position of the PVV is clearly marked by its deep and consistent intolerance of Dutch citizens of Islamic persuasion. In the case of the FvD, it is above all its aversion of the existing pluralist political order that is a cause of concern. However, as the analysis shows, it is very difficult to sustain and monopolize the role of (main) challenger in the Dutch political system. Hence, just as the Dutch political system allows populist parties quickly to gain prominence, its openness may also be the main check to prevent populist parties from becoming effective threats to democratic pluralism
Conclusion: How to channel populism in Europe democratically
Get PDFThe central finding of this book is that many European democracies have proven resilient to anti-pluralist populism. They do so, however, in multiple, different ways. The concluding chapter reflects upon the country studies to identify the various paths that populist parties have followed as well as the institutional and behavioural mechanisms that may help to reduce their anti-pluralist inclinations. While underlining that all populist parties need to be evaluated in their national context, we argue that democratic systems can accommodate them through strategies that carefully navigate between the extremes of uncritically embracing and their outright ostracization. Furthermore, we reflect on the implications of our findings at the level of the European Union as a whole. While the challenges posed by populist parties need to be tackled first and foremost in each national context, European democracies can be mutually supportive, and the EU has a role to play in monitoring and acting upon any indications of anti-pluralism. Finally, we reflect upon how the different methods used in this volume complement each other, and on the role that academics have in contributing to the literature and the public debate on populism in a way that itself fosters pluralism
Parties' Transnational Coordination in the EU after Lisbon: The Greens and Beyond
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The Future of Democratic Societies in Times of Disruptive and Cumulative Crises
No full textThe discussion "The Future of Democratic Societies in Times of Disruptive and Cumulative Crises" was part of the IHS Symposium "Leben mit Corona" and took place on June 30th.
Discussants:
Katrin Auel (Moderator), IHS
Judith Kohlenberger, WU Wien
Ben Crum, VU Wie
Review of Ben Crum, Learning from the Constitutional Treaty: Democratic Constitutionalization beyond the Nation-State
No full textIntroduction:Populist parties, pluralism and democratic systems in Europe
Get PDFThe introductory chapter re-assesses the relation between populism, pluralism and democracy, outlining the book’s central question that drives the comparative analysis of populist parties in different European countries: When do populist parties turn anti-democratic and when do they remain loyal to the democratic system? This question leads us from the analysis of populist parties back to the democratic context in which they emerge and develop. In this chapter, we discuss the relationship between populism and democracy as a contingent one and we operationalize our key variable, populist parties’ respect for democratic pluralism. We look at the conditions under which populist parties turn from a corrective of democracy to a threat, zooming in on two main factors, party and party system responses and institutional conditions. We lay out the analytical and empirical implications for the case studies, and suggest that well-calibrated institutional responses can serve to socialize populist parties in the democratic party system
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