Democratising the EU from below? citizenship, civil society and the public sphere

Table of Contents: “…: new national parliamentary control mechanisms under the Lisbon Treaty / Aleksandra Maatsch -- 6. A panacea for democratic legitimation? …”

Institutional design and voting power in the European Union

Table of Contents: “…the voting rules in the Lisbon Treaty / Axel Moberg -- Penrose's square-root rule and the EU council of ministers : significance of the quota / Moshé Machover -- Jagiellonian compromise : an alternative voting system for the council of the European Union / Wojciech Słomczyński and Karol Życzkowski -- The double majority voting rule of the EU reform treaty as a democratic ideal for an enlarging union : an appraisal using voting power analysis / Dennis Leech and Haris Aziz -- The blocking power in voting systems / Tadeusz Sozański -- The distribution of power in the council of ministers of the European Union / Werner Kirsch -- The distribution of power in the European cluster game / Jesús Mario Bilbao -- The constitutional power of voters in the European parliament / Silvia Fedeli and Francesco Forte -- Decision rules and intergovernmentalism in the European Union / Madeleine O. …”

New approaches to EU foreign policy

Table of Contents: “…-- Part I: Internal Perspectives on EU Foreign Policy -- The EU's 'External Action' According to the Lisbon Treaty: Institutional Choices and Their Explanations -- Approaches to Delegation in EU Foreign Policy: the Case of the Commission -- The High Representative the European External Action Service: Towards the Institutional Coherence in the Case of the Eastern Partnership -- Committee Approach to the CFSP/CSDP: Characteristics, Profiles and Working Habits of EU Diplomats -- The Practice of Diplomacy and EU Security Policy -- Parliamentarisation Approach: Parliamentary Control in EU Foreign Policy -- Part II: Challenges and Choices in External Perspectives on EU Foreign Policy -- Normative Power and Military Means: the Case of the EU in FYR Macedonia -- A Post-Modern Foreign Policy: Can EU Foreign Policy Make a Difference in World Politics? …”

How the EU really works by Costa, Olivier, Brack, Nathalie 1984-