PART I - Introduction
1. The European Union: Legitimating Values, Democratic Principles and Institutional Architectures, Simona Piattoni
PART II - Democratic Principles
2. Which Democratic Principles for the European Union? What Deficit?, John Erik Fossum and Johannes Pollak
3. Popular Power in the European Union: Delegated or Alienated?, Hans Agne
4. The Challenge of Making European Union Executive Power Accountable, Ben Crum and Deirdre Curtin
5. Democratic Participation and the Search for a European Union Institutional Architecture that Accommodates Interests and Expertise, Stijn Smismans
6. Democratic Representation as the Normative and Organizing Principle of the European Union, Sandra Kroger
PART III - Institutional Architectures
7. Demoicratic Theory and Europe's Institutional Architecture in Times of Crisis, Kalypso Nicolaidis
8. Federal Imperatives in the Institutional Evolution of the European Union, Michael Burgess
9. Alternative Views: Which Institutional Architecture for a Political Union?, Sergio Fabbrini
10. Multilevel Governance in the European Union: Loosely-Coupled Arenas of Representation, Participation and Accountability, Arthur Benz
11. Empowering the Sovereign: National Parliaments in European Union Monetary and Financial Policy, Jurgen Neyer
PART IV - Conclusion
12. European Union Institutional Architectures: Structural Tensions, Dynamic Forces and the Advantages of Hapticity, Simona Piattoni