Deliberation is quickly changing. Recent years have seen considerable conceptual shifts in
defining deliberation. The classic approach, with its stress on rational discourse, is being …

Transnational civil society networks have become increasingly important democratizing
actors in global politics. Still, the exploration of democracy in such networks remains …

In this paper, we confront some commonly held assumptions and objections with regard to
the feasibility of deliberation in a transnational and plurilingual setting. To illustrate our …

Constitutional legitimacy is founded within a tense duality of rule-bounded, but socially
responsive adjudication. The European Union (EU) is, so the Preamble of the Treaty of …

During recent decades, the arenas of political decision-making have increasingly shifted
from national governments to intergovernmental and transnational political forums. At the …

Enhanced deliberation has been prescribed as the way forward to improve democratic
decision-making, while generating positive attributes like trust and legitimacy. Yet, we do not …

Because of borders, democracies can be both empowering and overpow ering. Borders
delineate those who can legitimately make claims about sovereignty and justice from those …