Democracy In The New Europe Book

List of Tables     vi
Foreword   Helen Wallace     viii
Preface and Acknowledgements     ix
Introduction     1
Argument of the book     1
Approach of the book     2
Plan of the book     13
Democracy Within the State     16
The rise of democracy in Europe     17
Democracy and the state     23
Democracy and the nation state     26
Conclusion     38
Varieties of Democracy Within the State     40
Direct and indirect democracy     40
Majoritarian or consensus?     45
Democratic constitutionalism     47
Subnational democracy: varieties of democracy beneath the state     49
Convergence?     56
Conclusion     58
Varieties of Democracy Beyond the State? The Case of the European Union     61
Who said what to whom about democratizing the European Union?     61
Consent? EU treaty formation     63
Guardians? The role of elected governments     68
The guardians guarded? National parliaments     72
Checks and balances? The European Parliament     77
Democratic politics? Voters and parties     82
Conclusion     86
Promoting Democracy in the New Europe     88
European integration and the consolidation of democracy     89
Democracy promotion: standards, justifications, methods and problems     91
EU conditionality and democratic consolidation: the case of Slovakia     98
Europeanization and democratization in other postcommunist states     112
Conclusion: political conditionality in post-accession states     122
Assessing Democracy in the New Europe     124
Applying methods of democracy assessment to the New Europe     125
Crisis or renewal?     136
A problem of joint supply?     142
Conclusion     150
Challenges to Democracy in the New Europe     151
The imperfect democratic peace     151
Civilizing globalization     157
The normative insufficiency of democracy within the state     163
Conclusion     170
Democracy Within and Beyond the State: a Complementary Relationship     175
Better to suffer the mischiefs of polecats than to be devoured by lions     175
Identities     182
Whither sovereignty?     191
Conclusion to the chapter and the book      195
Bibliography     199
Index     218