Resumen

OLSEN, Johan. Unity Diversity and Democratic Institutions What can We Learn from the European Union as a Large-scale Experiment in Political Organization and Governing?. Gest. polít. pública [online]. 2005, vol.14, n.1, pp.5-55. ISSN 1405-1079.

For half a century Europe has been involved in a large-scale experiment in political organization and governing. The experiment is still going on and the outcome is uncertain. In particular, can the experiment give a better general understanding of what factors influence the rise and decline of voluntary cooperative efforts across established entities and boundaries? Can it shed light upon what are the consequences for the component units when they become part of a larger entity? Can we learn something about the changing conditions of democratic institutions and actors and their significance for the dynamics of change in political orders? All these questions will be answered in the following article.

Palabras llave : Institutions; European Union; Regional Government.