The Challenges of Modern Democracy and European Integration

Abstract

This book is the very first creation of the Centre for Direct Democracy Studies (CDDS) at the Faculty of Law of the University of Białystok. The Centre was established in 2011 to foster and institutionalise research on direct democracy in Central and Eastern Europe. Among its goals, the Centre aims to launch a series of peer-reviewed publications on democracy and European integration. For the first book in the planned series the Centre called for papers on the challenges of modern democracy and European integration. More than a dozen scholars from across Europe have kindly accepted its invitation. This volume is divided into two parts. The first part looks at the nature of the principles on which the EU is founded. ... The second part explores the relations between the EU and its neighbours and partners from a democratic perspective.