Democracy and the European Union

Democracy and the European Union: Challenges.- A EU Institutions.- 1 Is it Really Possible to Democratize the Euro-Polity?.- 2 Democracy and Governance in the European Union.- 3 Democratic Legitimacy and the Role of the Commission.- 4 The EU Intergovernmental Conference 1996/97: The Moment of Constitutional Choice for a Democratic Europe?.- 5 Double Asymmetry as Normative Challenge.- B Historical and Comparative Perspectives.- 6 Democracy in Multicultural Societies and Multinational Settings.- 7 How to Create Supra-National Institutions Democratically. Some Reflections on the European Union's 'Democratic Deficit'.- C Political Theory for the European Union.- 8 The Problem of Autonomy and Democracy in a Complex Polity: the European Union.- 9 Individuality and the EU Project.- 10 Fatherland Europe? On European and National Identity and Democratic Sovereignty.- 11 Democracy and Federalism in the European Union.- 12 The Normative Challenge of a European Polity: Cosmopolitan and Communitarian Models Compared, Criticised and Combined.- D Conclusion.- 13 Should the European Union Become More Democratic?.- List of Authors.- Index of Names.

The volume addresses the important and actual question of the democratic legitimacy of the European Union

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Peter Koslowski ist Gründungsdirektor des Forschungsinstituts für Philosophie Hannover und Professor für Philosophie und Politische Ökonomie an der Universität Witten/Herdecke.

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 CONTENTS Chapter 4 The EU Intergovernmental Conference 1996/97: The Moment of Constitutional Choice for a Democratic Europe? MICHAEL NENTWICH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Chapter 5 Double Asymmetry as Normative Challenge SVERKERGUSTAVSSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 PartB Historical and Comparative Perspectives Chapter 6 Democracy in Multicultural Societies and Multinational Settings RUSSELL L. HANSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Chapter 7 How to Create Supra-National Institutions Democratically.