This book examines how mass media debates have contributed to the politicization of the
European Union. The public controversies over the EU's attempted Constitution-making …

Cross-border people mobility has long been seen as a promising method to promote
European integration. In this article, I test the premise that the ERASMUS student experience …

This article introduces the concept of the 'Multilevel Parliamentary Field'as a means for
analysing the structure of democratic representation in the European Union (EU). This …

The Euro Area, the Schengen Area, and Airbus-the'Anglosphere', the Franco-
German'motor'and Nordic cooperation–each illustrates how differentiation has become a …

In this paper, we apply a revised version of the Discourse Quality Index (DQI) developed by
Steenbergen et al. to European Parliament (EP) debates. This updated measurement …

The European Union affects the lives of Europeans in many and varied ways, yet, in spite of
its reach, it often appears a constrained political system–struggling for internal consensus …

Over the past two decades, civil society has played a pivotal role in Europe, from the demise
of Communist rule to the reunification of Europe, followed by the expansion of the single …

This review article addresses the conceptual standpoints of the three major normative
approaches concerning what the European identity ought to be. Despite different …

In parallel to the EU's founding universal principles, European identity is usually conceived
of as a postnational and cosmopolitan identity. However, it can also be exclusive, leading to …

Institutional designs of governance in the European Union frequently underlie a dichotomy
between participation as the realm of civil society and representation as the realm of …