Rethinking democracy and the European Union

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: reconfiguring European democracy / Erik Oddvar Eriksen and John Erik Fossum -- Europe's challenge: reconstituting Europe or reconfiguring democracy / Erik Oddvar Eriksen and John Erik Fossum -- A democratic audit framework / Christopher Lord -- Democracy and constitution making in the European Union / John Erik Fossum and Agustín José Menéndez -- The European Union's multilevel parliamentary field / John Erik Fossum and Ben Crum -- Gender, justice and democracy in the European Union / Yvonne Galligan -- Civil society, public sphere and democracy in the European Union / Hans Jürg Trenz and Ulrike Liebert -- From what is the patient suffering? alternative diagnoses and democratic remedies in the foreign and security dimension / Helene Sjursen -- Democracy reconstituting democracy in Europe and constituting the European demos / Magdalena Góra, Zdzislaw Mach and Hans-Jörg Trenz -- Cosmopolitanism in the European Union and Canada compared / John Erik Fossum -- Conclusion / Erik Oddvar Eriksen and John Erik Fossum.