Legitimizing of political system makes up object of many scientific discussions
and produces controversies. Matters relating to legitimizing are mainly considered
in formulations in comparison with the national state what leads to conclusions about the deficit democracy in political system of the European Union. The present
article proposes the glance on legitimizing through the prism of the constructivist
approach with use of three attributes: identity, representation and recognition. The
author characterizes their proprieties and possibility which can be used over the
above mentioned problem. He underlines multi identities nature of the European
society, the possibility of the expression of the recognition for the political system.
This phenomenon can be expressed through the channels of civil participation in
society functioning and can be verified in the investigations over legitimizes the
models of the citizens representation in the system. Checking their applicability
in practice of the European Union’s political system according to the author can
contribute to undermine or even overthrow of thesis relating to the legitimacy
deficit of the European Union’s political system.
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