Legitimacy And Democracy

Question 1

Forms of Democracy

Answer 1

-Representative- elected individuals representing the people

Participatory- citizen involvement in the decision-making process

Deliberative- political decisions as a product of fair and reasonable discussion/ debate among citizens

Question 2

Principles of legitimacy

Answer 2

-Input, EU’s responsiveness to citizens concerns; participation by the people/ representation of the people (EP)
-Output, effectiveness of EU’s policy outcomes for the people
-Throughput, efficacy/ accountability/transparency of EU’s governance processes; inclusiveness and openness in consultation with the people

Question 3

Mechanisms of legitimation (5)

Answer 3

-efficacy
-transparency
-accountability
-inclusiveness
-openness

Question 4

Constructivist input

Answer 4

articulation of citizens concerns and ideas in a European public sphere

Question 5

Institutionalist input

Answer 5

Representation of citizens/ interest groups/ networks and their demands in majoritarian EU institutions (EP) and through elections

Question 6

Institutionalist output

Answer 6

Performance-based legitimacy (of non-majoritarian institutions)

Question 7

Constructivist output

Answer 7

EU policies resonating with citizens’ values/ identit(y/ies) and how they fit their interests

Question 8

Throughput as “cordon sanitaire”

Answer 8

Governance system ensures that the input comes out as uncorrupted output

Question 9

Institutional Throughput

Answer 9

Efficacy, accountability and transparency of different forms of EU governance processes and adequacy of rules followed in the decision-making process; inclusiveness and openness of EU institutional bodies to “civil society” throughout the process

Question 10

Constructivist Throughput

Answer 10

Ideas and deliberative interactions of actors involved in governance processes and how they promote efficacy, accountability, transparency and inclusiveness in relation to civil society