This study addresses the problem of EU legitimacy, integrating existing work on the "democratic deficit" with emergent literature on the EU as a new kind of polity. It argues that existing approaches to the legitimacy crisis are rooted in statist categories that poorly fit EU reality.

Banchoff, Thomas; Smith, Mitchell

Chapter 1 Introduction, Thomas Banchoff, Mitchell P. Smith; Part 1 Legitimacy and EU Policies; Chapter 2 EU Legitimacy and the "Defensive" Reaction to the Single European Market, Mitchell P. Smith; Chapter 3 Unity-In-Diversity: Cultural Policy and EU Legitimacy, Melissa Pantel; Chapter 4 Reconciliation and Legitimacy, Lily Gardner Feldman; Part 2 Legitimacy and Institutions; Chapter 5 Political Part Ies and the Problem of Legitimacy in the European Union, Robert Ladrech; Chapter 6 National Part Ies and the Contestation of Europe, Gary Marks, Carole Wilson; Chapter 7 The European Parliament and EU Legitimacy, Wolfgang Wessels, Udo Diedrichs; Part 3 Legitimagy and Identity; Chapter 8 ::, Rey Koslowski; Chapter 9 National Identity and EU Legitimacy In France and Germany, Thomas Banchoff; Chapter 10 Political Rhetoric and the Legitimation of the European Union, John Gaffney; Chapter 11 Conclusion, Thomas Banchoff, Mitchell P. Smith;