Transparency and Democratic Legitimacy

Lodge, Juliet

doi:10.1111/j.1468-5965.1994.tb00501.x

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“…Despite the repeated calls for bringing 'the Union closer to its citizens' (quoted in Kohler-Koch 2000: 525; see also van Kersbergen 2000: 11;Lodge 1994), 'Europe' is still far from its citizens. The people's cognitive and emotional detachment from the EC/EU was hardly a severe problem as long as the so-called permissive consensus (Lindberg and Scheingold 1970) allowed the national and European elites to push the European unification on.…”

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EU governance and European identity

Kaina¹,

Karolewski²

2013

Living Rev. Euro. Gov.

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This Living Review presents an overview of the research on European identity in the context of EU governance by focussing on central debates in the political science literature. It departs from the problems of disagreement between European citizens and their elites as well as the lack of a European demos. Against this background, the article discusses the functions of collective identity including the legitimation function and solution of collective dilemmas. Here, two perspectives pertaining to these functions are depicted: first, the issue of European public space and second, the integrative workings of European citizenship. Next, the article explores the conceptual and methodological problems of the research on European collective identity. In particular, it focuses on the conceptual ambiguity of the collective identity term and problems of operationalization and measurement. Following this, the article discusses the literature on identity technologies of the EU and identifies the shortcomings of identity technologies with regard to EU governance.

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EU governance and European identity

Kaina¹,

Karolewski²

2013

Living Rev. Euro. Gov.

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“…2 By establishing a link to the European Ombudsman, these individual rights may be strengthened, but only to a limited degree since the Ombudsman does not have a greater right to access for his investigation than the complainant (Lodge 1994). Furthermore, the European Court of Justice has not recognised the right to access information as a fundamental right (BEUC v. Commission C-170/89).…”

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“…Yet, these seemingly modest reforms may inadvertently turn out to be real instruments of change, although -or rather because -they are not very conspicuous. By constantly pragmatically reshaping inter-institutional relations and their procedural rules, such as between the Commission and the EP, with the goal of increasing the access to information -of the EP to, say, comitology (Lodge 1994) -inconspicuous, but important changes in the de facto inter-institutional decision-making have been made.…”

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Composite Democratic Legitimation in Europe: The Role of Transparency and Access to Information

Héritier

2001

SSRN Journal

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“…Researchers stress that in a transparent organisation, the decisions will be more effective, leading to more conscious decisions, allowing for assessment, and strengthening institutional credibility [45][46][47]. In consequence, this also leads to long-term savings related to a more efficient division of resources [48].…”

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Identification of Stakeholders of Public Interest Organisations

Hawrysz

Maj

2017

Sustainability

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Organisations are responsible for the impact of their decisions and actions on society and environment. This responsibility should be exercised by, among others, transparent and ethical conduct, which contributes to sustainable development, including the welfare and health of society, consideration of the stakeholders' expectations, maintaining compliance with the current law, and coherence with international standards of conduct, and should be integrated with the organisation's actions and exercised in its relations. An organisation's social responsibility, aside from the fact that it is an obligation towards society, can bring the organisation measurable benefits in the long-term, such as an increase in the interest of investors, for whom a company's financial credibility is often dependent on its social credibility, improved consumer and stakeholder loyalty, as well as increased competitiveness. The purpose of this article, the consideration of which is embedded in stakeholder theory, is to answer the question of whether Polish stock exchange companies identify their stakeholders, and to identify the possible effects of such identification on the organisations. From among 102 organisations that took part in CATI (computer-assisted telephone interview) studies, 28% identify their stakeholders. It is interesting that organisations that identify their stakeholders generated positive financial results more often than organisations that do not identify them. Organisations that identify their stakeholders are more transparent, i.e., disclose their non-financial information. On the other hand, organisations that do not identify their stakeholders do not practically disclose any non-financial information. In the light of the analysis of the subject literature and the obtained results of our research, we deem it necessary to analyse the stakeholders and assess their expectations in order to select the optimal level of co-operation with the stakeholders-in terms of the entity's vision-and consider their needs in the company value generation strategy. This action offers managers more resources to achieve success.

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Transparency and Democratic Legitimacy

Cited by 43 publications

References 6 publications

EU governance and European identity

EU governance and European identity

Composite Democratic Legitimation in Europe: The Role of Transparency and Access to Information

Identification of Stakeholders of Public Interest Organisations

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