Democracy appears to have become a universal standard of legitimate rule inEurope today. But behind the faade are a number of unanswered questionsforemost among... » 

Democracy appears to have become a universal standard of legitimate rule inEurope today. But behind the faade are a number of unanswered questionsforemost among them how to relate democracy beyond the state especially at theEU level to democracy within the state. This important new text provides awideranging assessment of the theory and practice of democracy at all levelsin Europe today. «