ABSTRACT

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.

chapter 1|12 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

Part I Political legitimacy and the democratic deficit

chapter 2|19 pages

Legitimacy and the European Union

David Beetham and Christopher Lord Introduction: legitimacy and the European Union

chapter 3|15 pages

Democracy, legitimacy and majority rule in the European Union

Andreas Ftillesdal Introduction: the double duty of ‘democracy’

part |2 pages

Part II

chapter 6|15 pages

The European Union

Trends in theory and reform A4ichaelJ. lGi.sizelis and Dimitris N Chryssochoou

chapter 9|18 pages

Opportunity structures for citizens’ participation

The case of the European Union Michael JV^entwich’