Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-214) and index.

Introduction / Lynn Dobson and Andreas Follesdal -- Is Euro-federalism a solution or a problem? Tocqueville inverted, perverted or subverted? / Phillippe C. Schmitter -- The EU as a self-sustaining federation : specifying the constitutional conditions / David McKay -- A union of peoples? diversity and the predicaments of a multinational polity / Peter A. Kraus -- The good, the bad and the ugly : the need for constitutional compromise and the drafting of the EU constitution / Richard Bellamy and Justus Schèonlau -- Europe : united under God? or not? / Tore Vincents Olsen -- The open method of co-ordination in the European convention : an opportunity lost? / Myrto Tsakatika -- Conceptions of freedom and the European constitution / Lynn Dobson -- The constitutional labelling of "the democratic life of the EU" : representative and participatory democracy / Stijn Smismans -- Transparency and legitimacy / Daniel Naurin -- An institutional dialogue on common principles : reflections on the significance of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights / Claudia Attucci -- Motivating judges : democracy, judicial discretion, and the European court of Human Rights / Roberto Gargarella -- Conclusion / Andreas Follesdal and Lynn Dobson.