Erik Oddvar Eriksen is professor of political science at ARENA- Advanced Research on the Europeanisation of the Nation State - at the University of Oslo, Norway. He is Professor II at Centre of Professional Studies, The University College of Oslo, and holds an Honorary Doctorate at the University of Aalborg, Denmark. His main research fields are political theory, democratic governance, public policy and European integration. His interest in legitimate governance has led to publications on democracy in the EU, governance and leadership, functions and limits of the state, deliberative democracy, communicative leadership, regional politics, and the welfare state.

• Introduction Chapter 1. Reflexive integration in Europe Erik O. Eriksen Chapter 2. Reflexive constitution-making and transnational governance Chapter 3. On the political theory of the Euro-polity Chapter 4. Public discourse, identity, and the problem of democratic legitimacy Bernhard Peters Chapter 5. The quest for European identity Chapter 6. Contemporary European constitution-making: constrained or reflexive? Chapter 7. Towards a post-national foreign policy? Chapter 8. The purse of the polity Chapter 9. Soft governance, employment policy and committee deliberation Chapter 10. Widening or reconstituting the EU? Chapter 11. Conclusion: From reflexive integration to deliberative supranationalism

'The appeal of the book thus goes beyond the disciplinary gates of European Union studies and will prove indispensable to scholars of constitutionalism, democratisation, discourse analysis and international norms.' -Political Studies Review