Bulletin n. 1-2/2014
November 2014
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Canton- Fourrat Altide
    Légitimité démocratique et intégration européenne
    in Revue de l'Union européenne/Revue du Marché Commun et de l'Union européenne , n. 577, avril ,  2014 ,  233-242
    The level of citizen trust in the legitimacy of governments stresses the difference that exists between democracy such as it is practiced in modern states and the ideal model. That difference is even bigger when mentioning the situation of the European Union. The variable and varied practice of democracy prompts Karl Popper to say that " Democracy is the term for something that does not exist" . While it is deliberately excessive, that assertion is full of good sense. The changing form of the State has prompted many questions as to the practice of democracy (local democracy, national and then European democracy). Democracy generates that need for an authority higher than the power in place; it was first how the essence of public affairs is seen, changes and transforms into a source of legitimacy. Innovation in the search for a drive for the elaboration of a European democracy adjusted to the structure of the Union re-mains a challenge, both political and legal.
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