Have European citizens become increasingly Eurosceptic over the last two decades, turning
their backs on European integration? Though many journalists, politicians and academics …

In the recent vibrant debate on the deliberative system, scholars have called for a research
agenda that deepens the understanding of deliberation as a societal-wide process (Goodin …

Does supranational governance present a challenge to liberal constitutional-ism? More
particularly, has the European Union's supranational form of governance fueled the rise of …

Is there a 'democratic deficit'in global politics? If so, which changes in institutions and
practices can mitigate it? Empirically oriented scholars who ask such questions often use as …

Constitutional reform in the European Union suffers from a post-functionalist dilemma: the
options that are politically viable are not democratically legitimate and the options that are …

After centuries of absence, sortition is making its return through academic research, practical
experiments, and activists' calls for linking participation and deliberation. These invocations …

For a long time the European Union (EU) has been considered a transnational project
securing peace and security. In the light of the recent developments of the deep international …

After the election of 2010, Belgium attracted the interest of the international media because
the kingdom went on to set the world record for a country without a government (541 days) …

The chapter starts with an outline of outstanding recent contributions to the discussion of the
EU democratic deficit and the so-called “no demos” problem and the debate about …

In modern liberal democracies, participation of the dēmos is not restricted to casting votes in
elections, but includes a growing variety of other, both formally institutionalised and informal …