Past Event! Note: this event has already taken place.
CES Research Conference Democracy and Multi-level Governance in the EU and Canada
September 21, 2005 — September 22, 2005
| Cost: | Free |
Centre for European Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa
September 21-22, 2005
September 21: Baker’s Grill restaurant, 404C University Centre
September 22: Senate Room, 608 Robertson Hall Note New Location!
CARLETON UNIVERSITY
1125 COLONEL BY DRIVE
OTTAWA, CANADA
Questions about political legitimacy, responsiveness, and support for political institutions have arisen in many advanced industrial societies, in the face of declining voter turnout, challenges to social cohesion, limited responsiveness of political institutions to popular concerns, and the strength of extra-national forces. Multi-level governance systems, such as the Canadian federal system and the European Union, face particular challenges because popular loyalties may be divided between various governance levels, lines of accountability may be ambiguous, and federal or supranational institutions may seem distant from the citizen. The realization of democratic values in multi-level governance systems will be the focus of this conference, drawing on Canadian and EU experience.
This conference is carried out by the Centre for European Studies at Carleton University in co-operation with the Institute for European and Russian Studies and the Department of Political Science. The conference is supported by the European Commission and Carleton University. We are grateful to the Delegation of European Commission in Canada supporting the keynote lecture. For more information please contact:
| Natasha Joukovskaia Coordinator, Centre for European Studies Carleton University 1125 Colonel By Drive Ottawa, Ont. K1S 5B6 Canada E-mail: natasha_joukovskaia@carleton.ca Phone: (613) 520-2600 ext.1179 Fax: (613) 520-6691, (613) 520-7501 |