Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1 Introduction / MICHAEL NENTWICH
  • part Part I Political legitimacy and the democratic deficit
  • chapter 2 Legitimacy and the European Union
  • David Beetham and Christopher Lord Introduction: legitimacy and the European Union
  • chapter 3 Democracy, legitimacy and majority rule in the European Union
  • Andreas Ftillesdal Introduction: the double duty of 'democracy'
  • chapter 4 Between representation and constitutionalism in the European Union
  • Albert Male
  • chapter 5 Defending the democratic deficit / SVERKER GUSTAVSSON
  • part Part II
  • chapter 6 The European Union
  • Trends in theory and reform A4ichaelJ. lGi.sizelis and Dimitris N Chryssochoou
  • chapter 7 Legitimacy dilemmas of supranational governance / The European Commission between accountability and independence Thomas Christiansen
  • chapter 8 How to democratise a multi-level, multi-dimensional polity / HEIDRUN ABROMEIT
  • chapter 9 Opportunity structures for citizens' participation
  • The case of the European Union Michael JV^entwich'
  • chapter 10 The many democratic deficits of the European Union / RICHARD KUPER
  • chapter 11 European Union citizenship as a model of citizenship beyond the nation state / Possibilities and limits Theodora Kostakopoulou'
  • chapter 12 European Union citizenship and supranational democracy / CARLOS CLOSA
  • chapter 13 Environmental protection in a liberal democratic Europe / Constitutional aspects Marcel Wissen burg Preliminaries.