- Date
- Wednesday 12 Jun 2019, 16:00 - Friday 12 Jul 2019, 17:45
- Type
- Lecture
- Room
- Mandeville Building T3-06
The International Lecture Series Department of Public Administration and Sociology presents lecture by Dr Christina J. Schneider (University of California at San Diego)
The Responsive Union - National Elections and European Governance
Moderator: Professor Markus Haverland, Erasmus University Rotterdam
About the presentation
The EU faces a serious crisis of democratic legitimacy. Citizens believe that the EU is run by distant and non-responsive political elites. The EU’s perceived lack of responsiveness to ordinary citizens poses a threat to its very survival. In her new and timely book ‘The Responsive Union’ she presents a comprehensive account of how EU governments signal responsiveness to the interests of their citizens over European policies. She developed and tested a theoretical framework of the intergovernmental dimension of responsive governance in the European Union, using evidence amassed over nearly ten years of multi-method research.
In her presentation, she will present the main findings of her book ‘The Responsive Union’ and relate them to the current state of the European Union (Brexit, EP elections...)
About Christina Schneider
Dr Christina J. Schneider is associate Professor and Jean Monnet Chair at the University of California, San Diego. She earned her Ph.D. at the University of Konstanz in 2006, and worked at the Max Planck Institute of Economics in Jena (2006-2007), the University of Oxford (2007-2008), and the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance in Princeton (2008-2009). Her research focuses on the domestic politics of cooperation and bargaining in international organizations with a focus on the European Union and international development organizations.
Her book ‘The Responsive Union’ is published by Cambridge University Press
- More information
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