Democracia e integración política

¿Cómo afectan los procesos de integración a la representación política?

Abstract

This article analyses the way in which the present-day weakening of state frontiers affects the
democratic system and political representation in particular, in its dual dimension of the channelling
of demands and responsibility before all citizens. It specifically explains what the socalled
«democratic deficit» of the European integration process consists of. It closes by offering a
critical view of the different proposals made from the areas of sociology and political science for
overcoming the democratic deficiencies of the process.