Democratic legitimacy and the European Union

Contents:

Beate Kohler-Koch: The quest for democratic legitimacy;
Ronald Holzhacker: Democratic legitimacy and the European Union;
Tobias Auberger & Krzysztof Iszkowski: Democratic theory and the European Union: focusing on 'interest' or 'reason'?;
Moa Mårtensson: Mixed representation and legitimacy in the European Union;
Edwin Vink: Multi-level democracy: deliberative or agonistic? The search for appropriate normative standards;
Patrick Bijsmans & Christina Altides: 'Bridging the gap' between EU politics and citizens? The European Commission, national media and EU affairs in the public sphere;
Frank M. Häge & Michael Kaeding: Reconsidering the European Parliament's legislative influence: formal vs. informal procedures;
Elissaveta Radulova: The OMC: an opaque method of consideration or deliberative governance in action?;
Antje Wiener: Analysing democratic legitimacy collaboratively.