Democracy in Europe

Heidrun Abromeit received her Ph.D. and her Habilitation from the University of Mannheim. She has published extensively on the relations between state and industry in Western Europe andnow holds a professorship at the University of Darmstadt.

• ForewordList of AbbreviationsChapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. IncompatibilitiesThe Concept of ‘Sovereignty’FederalismDemocracyConclusionChapter 3. Inadequate SolutionsThe Recent Reform DebateParliamentarisationMulti-CameralismFederalismConclusionChapter 4. In Search of an Adequate Model: Theoretical ConsiderationsContract TheoryFiscal FederalismConcepts of Group RepresentationNetwork Analysis and Game TheoryNew Normative Democratic TheoryConclusionChapter 5. A Proposal for the Democratisation of the EUThe Practical TaskA System of Veto RightsRegional Subunits: the Assignment of PowersSectoral Subunits: How to Distinguish ThemProceduresSome IllustrationsA Summary of the ProposalChapter 6. Major ObjectionsDemocratic Ambivalence (or: How Democratic is Democracy?)Democracy vs. EfficiencyBiases and AsymmetriesThe acquis communautaireChapter 7. Models and RealitiesBibliographyIndex