Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Graphs; List of Tables; List of Contributors; Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1 Democratising the EU from Below? Citizenship, Civil Society and the Public Sphere in Making Europe's Order; 2 Still 'between Eros and Civilisation'? Citizens, Courts and Constructing European Citizenship; 3 Disaffected Citizens? Why People Vote in National Referendums about EU Treaty Reform; 4 Ignorant Gatekeepers against the EU? National Political Parties in European Political Communication
5 Watch-dogs that Cannot Bite? New National Parliamentary Control Mechanisms under the Lisbon Treaty6 A Panacea for Democratic Legitimation? Assessing the Engagement of Civil Society with EU Treaty Reform Politics; 7 Still "Second Order?" Re-examining Citizens' Voting Behaviour in European and National Elections 1999-2009; Index
Summary
This original contribution to the debate about democratic citizenship vis-à-vis the challenges of economic globalization and European political integration presents critical explorations of different fields of direct, representative, participatory and deliberative democratic citizenship practices that affect the transformation of Europe
