`An informative and authoritative study′ - International Review of Administrative Sciences`For a range of views on what Europe′s constitutional development, present and furture, might mean for the Union′s individual citizens, readers should turn to A Citizens′ Europe′ - Government and Opposition`The 1992 Maastricht Treaty included a major step in the evolution of the notion of citizenship in the EU. Few express rights sprung into existence. Yet, this treatment addresses the symbolic value of this facet of European integration. The ten individually authored chapters thus cover the legal and political implications for the EU′s evolution.... Readers and authors seeking an approach to citizenship as an important feature of organizational integration should consider this work - one of the few publications addressing this critical adjunct of EU development. It is well-edited and documented′ - American Society of International Law, Interest Group on the UN Decade of International Law Newsletter

• Citizens and the Exercise of Power in the European Union - Karlheinz NeunreitherTowards a New Social Contract?The Problem of Democracy in the European Union - Teija TiilikainenA Europe Close to the Citizen? The ′Trinity Concepts′ of Subsidiarity, Transparency and Democracy - Nanette A NeuwahlUnion Citizenship - Hans Ulrich Jessurun d′OliveiraPie in the Sky?Union Citizenship and the Equality Principle - Andrew EvansPolitical Freedoms in the European Union - Erik LundbergUnion Citizenship and National Elections - Allan RosasThe Social Dimension of Community Citizenship - Siofra O′LearyThird-Country Nationals and EC Law - Kay HailbronnerMechanisms of Protection of Union Citizens′ Rights - Epaminondas A Marias