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Justifying inequality as equality: Germany and the reform of voting weights in the Council of the European Union

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Peters, Dirk

Abstract

Weighted voting institutionalises inequality in international organisations. How is it possible that states accept rules that formally privilege some over others even though this contradicts the sovereign equality of states and norms of democratic decision-making? This contribution to a special issu... view more

Weighted voting institutionalises inequality in international organisations. How is it possible that states accept rules that formally privilege some over others even though this contradicts the sovereign equality of states and norms of democratic decision-making? This contribution to a special issue about global stratification shows that arguments about equality can actually serve to justify inequality in international institutions. This can be seen in moves by the German government to justify its proposals for a reform of voting in the Council of the European Union (1995–2008). Successive German governments focused on arguments about democracy based on the equality of states and of citizens to justify their push for a more privileged position for Germany in the Council. Efficiency also figured as a justification but was clearly less prominent.... view less

Keywords
EU; European Council; Federal Republic of Germany; voting; suffrage; weighting; inequality; legitimation

Classification
European Politics

Free Keywords
Prozedurale Fragen bei internationalem Akteur; Wahlverfahren; Stimmengewichtung; Rechtfertigung

Document language
English

Publication Year
2020

Page/Pages
p. 370-387

Journal
Global Society, 34 (2020) 3

Issue topic
International institutions in a stratified international society: reproducing and transforming inequalities

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/13600826.2020.1739631

ISSN
1469-798X

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0


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