The Making of a European Constitution - Dynamics and Limits of the Convention Experience

Contents

European Constitutionalism at the Crossroads

1. Introduction: Writing a Book on European Constitutionalism in Times of Crisis

2. Old Treaties, New Constitution?

3. Values, Norms and Identities

4. The Union’s Competences: Expanding Tasks towards a State- like Agenda

5. The Institutional Architecture: a Restated Equilibrium on a Higher Level

6. And Now? The Conundrums of Constitutionalising Power

7. References

Part I: The Making of a European Constitution: Processes and Methods

The Constitutionalisation of the European Union – Without the Constitutional Treaty

1. Introduction

2. What is a Constitution?

3. The European Constitution without a State

4. The Constitutionalisation of European Law up to the Adoption of the Constitutional Treaty of 2004

5. The Constitutional Treaty of 2004 Overcomes the Outdated Dichotomy Between Contract and Constitution

6. The Constitutionalisation of the Treaty Revision Procedure

7. Benefits of the Constitutionalist Reconstruction of European Law

8. References

Getting to a European Constitution: From Fischer to the IGC

1. Introduction

2. An Analytical Framework

3. Phase I: Competing Frames

4. Phase II: Agenda Setting

5. Phase III: The Convention Phase

6. Phase IV: From Convention to IGC

7. Getting to a Constitution

8. Conclusions

9. References

The Convention Method: An Institutional Device for Consensus-building

1. Introduction

2. A Note on Methods: Fieldwork and Data

3. From ‘Listening’ to ‘Consensus’: Elements of the Convention Method

4. Conclusions

5. References

Deliberation and Compromise in the Shadow of Bargaining

1. The EU’s Constitutional Convention and European System development

2. Issue Tracking – European Demos as a Prerequisite or an Outcome of European Integration?

3. The Need for Sustainable Debate and the Convention as its Medium

4. Conclusions: System Change beyond the Convention

5. The Convention was a Deliberative Process – and a Deliberative Sequence

6. References

The Dynamics of the Two-Level Process of Constitution Building

1. Analyzing European Constitution Building

2. Two-level Games and the Constitution Building Process

3. Delegation, Strategies and Collective Actors

4. Studying the Process of European Constitution Building

5. References

Part II: The Making of a European Constitution: Influences and Perceptions

The Impact of Constitutional Traditions on the EU-Reform Discourse in Austria, France, Germany and the UK

1. Introduction

2. The Method: A Three Dimensional Research Design

3. National Conceptions of Sovereignty and the Shape of a Future European Constitution

4. Executive – Legislative Relationships and the Introduction of a Bicameral System?

5. National Constitutional Arrangements and the Division of Competences in the EU

6. Conclusion: The Impact of National Traditions – Two Pathways

7. References

Political Elites and the Future of Europe: The Views of MPs and MEPs

1. Introduction

2. Data

3. Positions of MPs and MEPs towards European integration

4. Results

5. Conclusion

6. References

Publicized Discourses on the Post-Nice Process

1. Public Discourse in Context: Legitimacy and Democracy in the EU

2. Public Discourse as a Legitimizing and De-legitimizing Force

3. The Perceived Utility of Different Forms of Public Discourse in the EU Context

4. Political System Development and Legitimacy: The Actual Role of Public Discourses

5. From Public Discourse to Publicized Discourse: How the Mass Media Matter

6. Theories of EU Governance: Finding a Place for News Media

7. Content Analysis as a Research Method to Explore Publicized Discourses

8. Preliminary Findings

9. References

The Ratification of the Constitution and the European Public Sphere

1. Introduction

2. Democratic Theories and the European Union

3. The Constitutionalisation of the EU out of the Perspective of Different Theories of Democracy

4. The Theory of Radical Democracy

5. References