The European Sympolity. Towards a New Democratic Discourse

DIMITRIS TH. TSATSOS,  The European Sympolity. Towards a New Democratic Discourse,  Foreword by GIORGIO NAPOLITANO, Ed. Bruylant, Bruxelles 2009, p. 91.

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

Foreword………………………………………………………. ix 

Preface………………………………………………………….xvii 

I. The Debate……………………………………………………..1 

II. Structure of the Argument………………………………….7 

III. Democracy as a Reference Point……………………….11 

IV. Europe as a Unique Historico-Political Space…………23 

V. The Need for a European Post Statist Theory…………29 

VI. The Post-Statist Theory of Democracy 

and the European Sympolity…………………………………41 

VII. Applying the Post-Statist Theory of Democracy……59 

VIII. Democracy Versus Efficiency in Europe? ………….71 

IX. The European Political Parties: Issues 

of Institutional Compatibility…………………………………85 

X. Postscript: Food for Thought……………………………..89