Sergio Fabbrini is Professor of Political Science and International Relations and Director of the School of Government at LUISS University in Rome. He is the Editor of the "Italian Journal of Political Science". He is Recurrent Visiting Professor of Comparative and American Politics at the Department of Political Science and Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California at Berkeley. He was Jean Monnet Chair Professor at the Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence in Fall Semester 2001 and Jemolo Fellow at the Nuffield College at Oxford University in the Spring Semester 2006. He has published nine books, one co-authored book and nine edited or co-edited books, and one hundred scientific articles and essays in seven languages in Comparative and European Politics, American Politics, International Relations, Italian Politics and Political Theory.

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• Introduction ; 1. Democratic transformations in Europe and America ; PART I: TRANSATLANTIC DEMOCRACIES: THE ERA OF INSTITUTIONAL DIVERGENCE ; 2. Differentiation in authority structures: state, nation and democracy in Europe and America ; 3. Institutionalization of different governmental patterns: separation and fusion of powers in America and Europe ; 4. Alternative paths to a modern social order: territoriality, market and welfare in America and Europe ; 5. Different structuring of partisan politics in America and Europe: the role of parties in the political process ; PART II: TRANSATLANTIC DEMOCRACIES: THE ERA OF INSTITUTIONAL CONVERGENCE ; 6. American compound democracy and its challenges: the domestic implications of global power ; 7. Structural transformation of European politics: the growth of supranational European Union ; 8. Compound democracy in America and Europe: comparing the US and the EU ; 9. The constitutionalization of the US and the EU compound democracies ; 10. The puzzle of compound democracy: a comparative perspective ; Bibliography

Sergio Fabbrini is Professor of Political Science and International Relations and Director of the School of Government at LUISS University in Rome. He is the Editor of the "Italian Journal of Political Science". He is Recurrent Visiting Professor of Comparative and American Politics at the Department of Political Science and Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California at Berkeley. He was Jean Monnet Chair Professor at the Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence in Fall Semester 2001 and Jemolo Fellow at the Nuffield College at Oxford University in the Spring Semester 2006. He has published nine books, one co-authored book and nine edited or co-edited books, and one hundred scientific articles and essays in seven languages in Comparative and European Politics, American Politics, International Relations, Italian Politics and Political Theory.

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• Introduction ; 1. Democratic transformations in Europe and America ; PART I: TRANSATLANTIC DEMOCRACIES: THE ERA OF INSTITUTIONAL DIVERGENCE ; 2. Differentiation in authority structures: state, nation and democracy in Europe and America ; 3. Institutionalization of different governmental patterns: separation and fusion of powers in America and Europe ; 4. Alternative paths to a modern social order: territoriality, market and welfare in America and Europe ; 5. Different structuring of partisan politics in America and Europe: the role of parties in the political process ; PART II: TRANSATLANTIC DEMOCRACIES: THE ERA OF INSTITUTIONAL CONVERGENCE ; 6. American compound democracy and its challenges: the domestic implications of global power ; 7. Structural transformation of European politics: the growth of supranational European Union ; 8. Compound democracy in America and Europe: comparing the US and the EU ; 9. The constitutionalization of the US and the EU compound democracies ; 10. The puzzle of compound democracy: a comparative perspective ; Bibliography

Sergio Fabbrini is Professor of Political Science and International Relations and Director of the School of Government at LUISS University in Rome. He is the Editor of the "Italian Journal of Political Science". He is Recurrent Visiting Professor of Comparative and American Politics at the Department of Political Science and Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California at Berkeley. He was Jean Monnet Chair Professor at the Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence in Fall Semester 2001 and Jemolo Fellow at the Nuffield College at Oxford University in the Spring Semester 2006. He has published nine books, one co-authored book and nine edited or co-edited books, and one hundred scientific articles and essays in seven languages in Comparative and European Politics, American Politics, International Relations, Italian Politics and Political Theory.

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• Introduction ; 1. Democratic transformations in Europe and America ; PART I: TRANSATLANTIC DEMOCRACIES: THE ERA OF INSTITUTIONAL DIVERGENCE ; 2. Differentiation in authority structures: state, nation and democracy in Europe and America ; 3. Institutionalization of different governmental patterns: separation and fusion of powers in America and Europe ; 4. Alternative paths to a modern social order: territoriality, market and welfare in America and Europe ; 5. Different structuring of partisan politics in America and Europe: the role of parties in the political process ; PART II: TRANSATLANTIC DEMOCRACIES: THE ERA OF INSTITUTIONAL CONVERGENCE ; 6. American compound democracy and its challenges: the domestic implications of global power ; 7. Structural transformation of European politics: the growth of supranational European Union ; 8. Compound democracy in America and Europe: comparing the US and the EU ; 9. The constitutionalization of the US and the EU compound democracies ; 10. The puzzle of compound democracy: a comparative perspective ; Bibliography