{"id":862,"date":"2011-02-01T14:24:29","date_gmt":"2011-02-01T18:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/?p=862"},"modified":"2016-06-09T12:42:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T16:42:00","slug":"ces-research-conference-democracy-and-multi-level-governance-in-the-eu-and-canada","status":"publish","type":"cu-events","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ces\/cu-events\/ces-research-conference-democracy-and-multi-level-governance-in-the-eu-and-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"CES Research Conference Democracy and Multi-level Governance in the EU and Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

Centre for European Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa <\/strong><\/p>\n

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September 21-22, 2005
\nSeptember 21: Baker’s Grill restaurant, 404C University Centre
\nSeptember 22: Senate Room, 608 Robertson Hall Note New Location!<\/em>
\nCARLETON UNIVERSITY
\n1125 COLONEL BY DRIVE
\nOTTAWA, CANADA<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n