Redefining Europe / edited by Joseph Drew.

• Superior document: At the interface/probing the boundaries ; 25
• TeilnehmendeR: Drew, Joseph.
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Series: At the interface/probing the boundaries ; v. 25.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (222 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

On May 1, 2004, the European Union expanded dramatically. Ten new countries on the periphery of the old union were absorbed, changing the EU in many ways. How can we redefine Europe now? What is its meaning? Is "Europe" just a theoretical concept or, worse yet, merely a small geographical region? Or, on the contrary, is Europe re-emerging as a Western civilization of its own, a North Atlantic partner? Many scholars believe that federalism should play the central role as 25 member states seek to cooperate fully while simultaneously retaining their sovereignty. This volume, with new and thought-provoking contributions by leading experts, clarifies the issues and proposes ways in which federalism can rescue and preserve the new Europe.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Joseph Drew -- Federalism in Europe: History and Future Options / Maiken Umbach -- From Dialectics to Political Theology: Rethinking Complexity in Federalism / Isabel David -- The Democratic Principle as an Organisational Basis of the European Union / Xenophon Contiades -- The European Union's Institutional System as the Basis for a New Form of Democracy / Fausto Capelli -- Incorporating the Principle of Co-Equal Branches into the European Constitution: Lessons to be Learned from the United States / Mark K. Gyandoh -- Institutional Redress of the Democratic Deficit: Redefinition with a Democracy-Efficiency Continuum / Joelle Anne Schmitz -- Constituent Power and Polity Legitimacy in the European Context: A Theoretical Sketch / Zoran Oklopčić -- Circumventing the State? The Demands of Stateless Nations, National Minorities, and the European Constitution / David Adam Landau and Lisa Vanhala -- The Catholic Church and Poland's Accession to the European Union / Mirella Eberts -- Inclusive Education as a Human Right and Slovakia's Accession to the European Union / Julia M. White -- The US Must Merge with the EU / Tom Hudgens -- Conclusion: Europe on the Road to Redefinition / Joseph Drew -- Notes on Contributors.