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Democracy and the European Union: Challenges.- EU Institutions: Is it Really Possible to Democratize the Euro-Polity?; Democracy and Governance in the European Union; Democratic Legitimacy and the Role of the Commission; The EU Intergovernmental Conference 1996/97: The Moment of Constitutional Choice for a Democratic Europe?; Double Asymmetry as Normative Challenge.- Historical and Comparative Perspectives: Democracy in Multicultural Societies and Multinational Settings; How to Create Supra-National Institutions Democratically. Some Reflections on the European Union's 'Democratic Deficit'.- Political Theory for the European Union: The Problem of Autonomy and Democracy in a Complex Polity: The European Union; Individuality and the EU Project; Fatherland Europe? On European and National Identity and Democratic Sovereignty; Democracy and Federalism in the European Union; The Normative Challenge of a European Polity: Cosmopolitan and Communitarian Models Compared, Criticised and Combined.- Conclusion: Should the European Union Become More Democratic?