Beate Kohler-Koch holds the Jean Monnet Chair for European Integration at the University of Mannheim. Berthold Rittberger is chair of political science and contemporary history at the University of Mannheim.

A stellar book on the major debates on democratic legitimacy in the European Union. It is a 'must-read' for all those concerned about the democratic deficit in the EU and who are asking: Does it exist? How does it manifest itself? Can it be fixed? The contributors constitute an impressive lineup of scholars, including most of 'the great and the good' on democracy in the EU.

• Chapter 1: Charting Crowded Territory: Debating the Democratic Legitimacy of the European UnionPart I: Democracy: The Constitutional Principle of the EUChapter 2: A Disputed Idea Becomes Law: Remarks on European Democracy as a Legal PrinciplePart II: What Future for Parliamentary Democracy in the EU?Chapter 3: Expanding National Parliamentary Control: Does it Enhance European Democracy?Chapter 4: The European Parliament between Policy-Making and ControlChapter 5: Constructing Parliamentary Democracy in the European Union: How Did It Happen?Chapter 6: Parliamentary Representation in a Decentred PolityPart III: The Public Sphere and Civil Society: Pre-Requisites for Democratically Legitimate Rule-MakingChapter 7: Pre-Requisites of Transnational Democracy and Mechanisms of Sustaining it: The Case of the European UnionChapter 8: The Europeanization of Protest: A Typology and Empirical EvidencePart IV: Democracy and Political ParticipationChapter 9: Participatory Governance and European DemocracyChapter 10: Some Considerations on Participation in Participatory GovernanceChapter 11: The Organization of Interests and Democracy in the European UnionPart V: Deliberative DemocracyChapter 12: The Euro-Polity in Perspective: Some Normative Lessons from Deliberative DemocracyChapter 13: Reconceptualizing the Supremacy of European Law: A Plea for a Supranational Conflict of Laws

Beate Kohler-Koch holds the Jean Monnet Chair for European Integration at the University of Mannheim. Berthold Rittberger is chair of political science and contemporary history at the University of Mannheim.

A stellar book on the major debates on democratic legitimacy in the European Union. It is a 'must-read' for all those concerned about the democratic deficit in the EU and who are asking: Does it exist? How does it manifest itself? Can it be fixed? The contributors constitute an impressive lineup of scholars, including most of 'the great and the good' on democracy in the EU.

• Chapter 1: Charting Crowded Territory: Debating the Democratic Legitimacy of the European UnionPart I: Democracy: The Constitutional Principle of the EUChapter 2: A Disputed Idea Becomes Law: Remarks on European Democracy as a Legal PrinciplePart II: What Future for Parliamentary Democracy in the EU?Chapter 3: Expanding National Parliamentary Control: Does it Enhance European Democracy?Chapter 4: The European Parliament between Policy-Making and ControlChapter 5: Constructing Parliamentary Democracy in the European Union: How Did It Happen?Chapter 6: Parliamentary Representation in a Decentred PolityPart III: The Public Sphere and Civil Society: Pre-Requisites for Democratically Legitimate Rule-MakingChapter 7: Pre-Requisites of Transnational Democracy and Mechanisms of Sustaining it: The Case of the European UnionChapter 8: The Europeanization of Protest: A Typology and Empirical EvidencePart IV: Democracy and Political ParticipationChapter 9: Participatory Governance and European DemocracyChapter 10: Some Considerations on Participation in Participatory GovernanceChapter 11: The Organization of Interests and Democracy in the European UnionPart V: Deliberative DemocracyChapter 12: The Euro-Polity in Perspective: Some Normative Lessons from Deliberative DemocracyChapter 13: Reconceptualizing the Supremacy of European Law: A Plea for a Supranational Conflict of Laws

Beate Kohler-Koch holds the Jean Monnet Chair for European Integration at the University of Mannheim. Berthold Rittberger is chair of political science and contemporary history at the University of Mannheim.

A stellar book on the major debates on democratic legitimacy in the European Union. It is a 'must-read' for all those concerned about the democratic deficit in the EU and who are asking: Does it exist? How does it manifest itself? Can it be fixed? The contributors constitute an impressive lineup of scholars, including most of 'the great and the good' on democracy in the EU.

• Chapter 1: Charting Crowded Territory: Debating the Democratic Legitimacy of the European UnionPart I: Democracy: The Constitutional Principle of the EUChapter 2: A Disputed Idea Becomes Law: Remarks on European Democracy as a Legal PrinciplePart II: What Future for Parliamentary Democracy in the EU?Chapter 3: Expanding National Parliamentary Control: Does it Enhance European Democracy?Chapter 4: The European Parliament between Policy-Making and ControlChapter 5: Constructing Parliamentary Democracy in the European Union: How Did It Happen?Chapter 6: Parliamentary Representation in a Decentred PolityPart III: The Public Sphere and Civil Society: Pre-Requisites for Democratically Legitimate Rule-MakingChapter 7: Pre-Requisites of Transnational Democracy and Mechanisms of Sustaining it: The Case of the European UnionChapter 8: The Europeanization of Protest: A Typology and Empirical EvidencePart IV: Democracy and Political ParticipationChapter 9: Participatory Governance and European DemocracyChapter 10: Some Considerations on Participation in Participatory GovernanceChapter 11: The Organization of Interests and Democracy in the European UnionPart V: Deliberative DemocracyChapter 12: The Euro-Polity in Perspective: Some Normative Lessons from Deliberative DemocracyChapter 13: Reconceptualizing the Supremacy of European Law: A Plea for a Supranational Conflict of Laws