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Elitist and Participatory Democracy: Towards a New EU Citizen
Elitist and Participatory Democracy: Towards a New EU Citizen

Author(s): Miruna Andreea Balosin
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Government/Political systems
Published by: Университет за национално и световно стопанство (УНСС)
Keywords: Civil Society; Participatory Democracy; EESC; European Union; Elitism
Summary/Abstract: Can we provide a valid EU model of governance that combines the characteristics of the elitist and participatory democracy? Is it possible to accept the civil and political elites as educators and propagators of the EU participatory democracy and obtain as end-result an accountable and responsible model of an EU citizen?