The contributors to this book examine the issues of constitutional choice that face the governments and citizens of today's Europe. Divided into three sections this study addresses: questions of political legitimacy and the meaning of democratic deficit in the EU; the reality of what institutional reforms and decision making processes are possible; and the rights of citizenship and values that should be protected.
Notes on contributors vii(3) Series editors preface x(2) List of abbreviations xii 1 Introduction 1(12) MICHAEL NENTWICH ALBERT WEALE PART I Political legitimacy and the democratic deficit 13(68) 2 Legitimacy and the European Union 15(19) DAVID BEETHAM CHRISTOPHER LORD 3 Democracy, legitimacy and majority rule in the European Union 34(15) ANDREAS FOLLESDAL 4 Between representation and constitutionalism in the European Union 49(14) ALBERT WEALE 5 Defending the democratic deficit 63(18) SVERKER GUSTAVSSON PART II Decision rules and the constitutional construction of the European Union 81(60) 6 The European Union: trends in theory and reform 83(15) MICHAEL J. TSINISIZELIS DIMITRIS N. CHRYSSOCHOOU 7 Legitimacy dilemmas of supranational governance: the European Commission between accountability and independence 98(14) THOMAS CHRISTIANSEN 8 How to democratise a multi-level, multi-dimensional polity 112(13) HEIDRUN ABROMEIT 9 Opportunity structures for citizens participation: the case of the European Union 125(16) MICHAEL NENTWICH PART III Citizenship and constitutional choice 141(60) 10 The many democratic deficits of the European Union 143(15) RICHARD KUPER 11 European Union citizenship as a model of citizenship beyond the nation state: possibilities and limits 158(14) THEODORA KOSTAKOPOULOU 12 European Union citizenship and supranational democracy 172(15) CARLOS CLOSA 13 Environmental protection in a liberal democratic Europe: constitutional aspects 187(14) MARCEL WISSENBURG Index 201
Michael Nentwich, Albert Weale
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