TY - BOOK ID - 1710778 TI - Democratic dilemmas of multilevel governance: legitimacy, representation and accountability in the European Union AU - DeBardeleben, Joan AU - Hurrelmann, Achim PY - 2007 SN - 9780230500778 0230500773 1349352896 9786611759025 1281759023 0230591787 PB - Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan DB - UniCat KW - Government KW - International relations. Foreign policy KW - European Union KW - Democracy KW - European Union. KW - European Union countries KW - Politics and government. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1710778 AB - It is often argued that enhanced consultation of civil society may contribute to the democratization of European and global governance. This collection investigates whether this theoretical argument is supported by empirical evidence. Ten original essays analyze current patterns of civil society consultation in thirty two inter-governmental organizations and regimes, concluding that while civil society consultation has great potential, most institutional arrangements developed so far fall short of realizing its democratizing capacity. ER -