1st Edition
Learning from the EU Constitutional Treaty Democratic Constitutionalization beyond the Nation-State
Introduction 1. Avoiding Democratic Constitutionalization in the European Union 2. Democratic Constitutionalisation beyond the Nation-State: A Normative Theory 3. Competing Visions of the Future of the European Union 4. The European Convention as a Forum of Supranational Constitution-Making 5. A Constitutional Treaty for a Union of Citizens and States 6. The External Accountability of the European Convention 7. Bringing the Constitutional Treaty back to the Peoples 8. The Treaty of Lisbon: Saving the Treaty at the Cost of Democracy 9. Conclusions and Prospects
Biography
Ben Crum is Associate Professor in Political Theory at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
"The book succeeds in blending normative and empirical insights in a manner that will make it an indispensable reference on the EU’s constitutional debates of the past decade – and a worthwhile point of departure for those (inevitably) yet to come." - Robert Harmsen, Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 50, 6, November 2012
"Provides a good reconstruction of the EU’s journey towards increased legitimacy and makes a highly original contribution to the normative debate on the post-governmental legitimacy of the EU." - Diana Panke, West European Politics, 2012
