Machine generated contents note: pt. I UNDERSTANDING THE NEW NARRATIVE -- 1.The European Union as a Complex Democracy / Daniel Innerarity -- 1.An Intelligibility Deficit -- 2.A Narrative for European Integration -- 3.The Double Democratic Challenge of the European Union -- 4.A Complex Concept of Democracy for the European Union -- Bibliography -- 2.Constitutional Narratives and the Future of Europe / Alessandro Ferrara -- 1.A Constitution without a Constitution -- 2.The Enduring Project of a European Constitution -- 3.A Diversity of Constitutional Cultures -- 4.Political Identity: Enriching the Narrative of a `Constitution without Demos' -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 3.European Democracy and the No-Demos Thesis / Jose Luis Marti -- 1.The No-Demos Thesis -- 2.The Demos as a Pre-Condition -- 3.The Demos as a Scalar Ideal -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 4.A Plural Europe: A Post-Teleological Narrative / Sergio Fabbrini Note continued: 1.The Interstate Compromise for Setting Up a Monetary Union -- 2.Interstate Compromise and the Functioning of the Monetary Union -- 3.Multiple Crises and the End of Teleology -- 4.Domestic Politics and Disintegrative Pressures -- 5.Bringing Domestic Politics Back into the Equation -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- pt. II INSTITUTIONALISING THE NEW NARRATIVE -- 5.Europe and European Studies in Crisis: Inter-Disciplinary and Intra-Disciplinary Schisms in Legal and Political Science / Christian Kreuder-Sonnen -- 1.Political Science and the Euro Crisis -- 2.The Conceptual Fragility of European Law and Jurisprudence -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 6.Which Narrative for the CJUE? EU Powers and Fundamental Rights / Maribel Gonzalez Pascual -- 1.The Charter: A Fundamental Rights' Standard for Europe? -- 2.EU Law and Fundamental Rights, Entrapped by EU Powers? -- 3.The Influence of Domestic Courts and the ECtHR in the CJEU -- Conclusion -- Notes Note continued: Bibliography -- 7.The Struggle for Legitimacy through Law in the EU / Jan Komdrek -- 1.EU Lawyers on Legitimacy -- 2.Legitimacy as a `Semantic Struggle' -- 3.On the Value of Legality: Legitimacy through Law -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 8.The (Un)Constitutional Mutation of the European Union: The Structural Crisis of Law as a Means of Social and Economic Integration / Agustin Jose Menendez -- 1.The Ongoing Mutation of the European Constitution -- 2.Constitutional Perplexities -- 3.A `New' Legal Fetishism: The Empty Shell of Law as the Cloak of Social Relations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- pt. III GOVERNING THE NEW NARRATIVE -- 9.Off Field? The EU's Parliamentary Dimension Post-Crisis / John Erik Fossum -- 1.A Distinct Form of Institutional-Democratic Catch-Up -- 2.The Crises Facing the EU: A Brief Overview -- 3.Catching-Up Conundrums for the Parliament: Citizens Axis -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography Note continued: 10.A New Uniform Electoral Procedure to Re-Legitimate the Process of Political Integration in Europe / Adriana Ciancio -- 1.Issues of European Representation -- 2.Creating European Political Awareness -- 3.A Proposal for the Reform of the European Electoral Act -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 11.Europe as a Platform: A Reality and a Possible Future / Renaud Thillaye -- 1.2005-2017: A Narrative of Decline -- 2.The Enduring Reality of European Integration -- 3.Visions and Narratives of Future Europe -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography.
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