Dilemmas of European Democracy

Reassesses the democratic quality of European integration Bringing together leading and emerging scholars on European politics, this collection furthers our understanding of European democracy in ways that are attentive to the multiple fault lines and cleavages that structure the political order in the European Union (EU). The book's focus on dilemmas in European democracy, explored throughout its chapters, challenges the idea of a single democratic deficit in the EU. It analyses the various tensions and trade-offs that come to the surface when applying concepts such as representation, deliberation, citizenship and democratic contestation beyond the state in a European context. As an exercise in applied democratic theory directed at the EU, it engages with the necessary theoretical groundwork for assessing and developing what democracy in the EU is and can be in the twenty-first century. The volume will be of interest to scholars and advanced students in the fields of European politics, EU studies and democracy in regional organisations. Niklas Bremberg is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Stockholm University and Senior Research Fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs. Ludvig Norman is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Stockholm University and Senior Fellow at the Institute of European Studies at the University of California, Berkeley