Democracy in the European Union : towards the emergence of a public sphere / edited by Liana Giorgi, Ingmar von Homeyer, and Wayne Parsons.

First published in 2006.Transferred to Digital Printing 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the political sociology of the European public sphere / John Crowley and Liana Giorgi -- Democratization and the European Union / Liana Giorgi -- Participatory governance in the European Union / Ingmar von Homeyer -- The emergence of a European political class / Elise Feron, John Crowley, and Liana Giorgi -- The anti-globalization movement and the European agenda / Elise Feron -- The European Union as a community of values / Liana Giorgi ... and others -- EU accession and the public sphere in new members states : the case of the Czech Republic / Michal Illner ... and others -- Conclusion : what future for European integration and democracy? / Wayne Parsons.