For this volume scholars from within the EU were invited to reflect upon the question whether similar developments are taking place in the context with which they are most familiar.
The popularity of deliberative decision-making procedures can be seen as a procedural answer to this state of affairs. As a result, the importance for policy makers of enhancing the democratic legitimacy of their policy plans has increased. Top down policy making is increasingly meeting local resistance. Building forth upon recent developments in democracy theory that have identified multiple forms of legitimacy, the volume observes a EU-wide shift from output legitimacy to input and throughput legitimacy. It provides insights in the way in which democratic legitimacy is being ‘produced’ at different levels of governance. This volume focuses on the issue of legitimacy in the context of European nature conservation policy.
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