Preface: thoughts of a critical European -- Introductoty overview: The 'Democratic Deficit' and the normative turn in European Union studies -- Bringing functionalisn back: critical deliberativism, liberal democracy and the democratic deficit -- Reconfiguring sovereignty: subsidiarity and flexibility -- Institutional reform; the paradoxical case of the European parliament -- Increasing EU scope and powers: the cases of environment and regional policies -- Demos construction: the arrested development of European citizenship -- Conclusions: towards substantive democracy in the European Union

1. European Union
2. Democracy -- European Union Countries
3. Democratization -- European Union Countries