Democratic Dilemmas of Multilevel Governance

1. Introduction
Joan DeBardeleben, Achim Hurrelmann

Part I. Multilevel Governance and Democratic Legitimacy: Conceptual Issues

2. Multilevel Legitimacy: Conceptualizing Legitimacy Relationships between the EU and National Democracies
Achim Hurrelmann

3. Federalism and Democratic Accountability
Jennifer Smith

4. Between Anarchy and Hierarchy: Governance Lessons from Global Economic Institutions
Randall D. Germain

Part II. Social Underpinnings of Democracy in the EU

5. Europeanization and Democracy: the Question of Cultural Identity
Gerard Delanty

6. The Quest for a European Public Sphere: News Media and Democratic Legitimacy
Hartmut Wessler, Michael Brüggemann, Katharina Kleinen-von Königslöw, Stefanie Sifft, Andreas Wimmel

7. Is There a European Society? Social Conditions for Democracy in the EU
Achim Hurrelmann

Part III. Political Participation in the EU’s Multilevel System

8. European Elections and Democratic Accountability: the 2004 Elections to the European Parliament
Lawrence LeDuc

9. National Parliaments and the Future of European Integration: Learning to Play the Multilevel Game
Tapio Raunio

10. Organized Civil Society and Input Legitimacy in the EU
Justin Greenwood

Part IV. EU Enlargement, Democracy and Multilevel Governance

11. Euroscepticism as a Path for Inclusion: Multilevel Governance in the EU as Seen from the East
David Ost

12. Gender Equality and Multilevel Governance in East Central Europe
Yvonne Galligan, Sara Clavero

13. Conclusion
Joan DeBardeleben, Achim Hurrelmann

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, European Politics, European Union Politics, Comparative Politics, Sociology, general, Political Science, International Relations