The European Union

Introduction/Dilemmas Contradictions and the Future of European Democracy/PART ONE: NUMERICAL DEMOCRACY CORPORATIVE PLURALISM AND LOBBYING IN EUROPEAN POLITICS/Euro-Parties and European Parties/New Arenas New Challenges and New Strategies/EU-Lobbying/Between Representativity and Effectiveness/The Modern West European State and the European Union/Democratic Erosion or a New Kind of Polity?/PART TWO: EU POLICY-MAKING AND NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS/The French EU Decision-Making/Between Destablization and Adaptation/European Policy-Making and National Institutions - The Case of Belgium/Italy/In Need of More EU Democracy/PART THREE: EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS: LEGITIMACY AND DEMOCRACY/The Role of the Commission/The Role of the Council/Voting Power under the EU Constitution/The European Parliament/PART FOUR: THE FUTURE OF EU DEMOCRACY/The European Union/1996 and beyond a Personal View from the Side-Line/The European Union and the Erosion of Parliamentary Democracy/A Study of Post-Parliamentary Governance/Democracy/Traditional Concerns in New Institutional Settings