What's Wrong with the Europe Union and How to Fix ItISBN: 978-0-7456-4204-8
Hardcover
228 pages
April 2008, Polity
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List of figures, tables and boxes vi
Preface ix
List of abbreviations xi
1. Introduction 1
2. Why the European Union is more necessary than ever 8
PART I: THE DIAGNOSIS 29
3. Policy gridlock 31
4. Lack of popular legitimacy 50
5. A democratic deficit 67
PART II: THE CURE 87
6. The case for ‘limited democratic politics’ in the EU 89
7. How the EU is ready for limited democratic politics 110
8. Encouraging democratic politics in the EU 137
9. A scenario: the 2009 European Commission President contest 166
10. Conclusion and response to potential critiques 179
Notes 193
References 200
Index 208