TY - BOOK AU - Dobson,Lynn AU - Føllesdal,Andreas TI - Political theory and the European constitution T2 - Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science SN - 0203463102 AV - KJE4445 .P65 2004eb U1 - 342.4 22 PY - 2004/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Constitutional law KW - European Union countries KW - Droit constitutionnel KW - Pays de l'Union européenne KW - LAW KW - Constitutional KW - bisacsh KW - Public KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction / Lynn Dobson and Andreas Føllesdal -- Is Euro-federalism a solution or a problem? / Phillippe C. Schmitter -- The EU as a self-sustaining federation / David McKay -- A union of peoples? diversity and the predicaments of a multinational polity / Peter A. Kraus -- The good, the bad and the ugly / Richard Bellamy and Justus Schönlau -- Europe--united under God? or not? / Tore Vincents Olsen -- The open method of co-ordination in the European convention / Myrto Tsakatika -- Conceptions of freedom and the European constitution / Lynn Dobson -- The constitutional labelling of "the democratic life of the EU" / Stijn Smismans -- Transparency and legitimacy / Daniel Naurin -- An institutional dialogue on common principles / Claudia Attucci -- Motivating judges / Roberto Gargarella -- Conclusion / Andreas Føllesdal and Lynn Dobson N2 - This timely volume provides one of the first critical assessments of the draft Constitution (released by the Convention on the future of Europe) from the vantage point of political theory UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=116430 ER -