legitimacy-trap. An elected convention would probably be more democratic, because such an institution would be more public as …

create a volatile dynamic for the future of democracy at both national and EU level. …

production of international or global law. Thus questions about the legitimacy of global law and governance arise particularly …Constitutionalism beyond the state is a deeply contested project. The emergence of global governance and global laws …, but not only, when they have constitutionalism- and democracy eviscerating effects. The discourse of global …

In this article, I outline an analytical framework allowing for an assessment of the democratic legitimacy of the … discourse-theoretical reading of a deliberative perspective on democracy. Empirical indicators for each criterion are specified …

opportunities, not on group-level outcomes; and on equality, but also on liberty and democracy. Two general recommendations are …

the following steps. First by understanding that both the main types of justification for democracy - intrinsic and … corollaries of ‘public control with political equality’ and then using them to specify minimum standards of democracy. Third by …

In the literature on European and global governance there is a trend to conceptualize ‘public accountability’ as … accountability relations within governance networks has its merits the creeping re-conceptualization of ‘public accountability’ as an … of accountability into international governance and advocates a return to a narrow conception of public accountability as …

. However, the emerging Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) has been criticized for its lack of democratic legitimacy … European Union (EU) to enhance legitimacy or is this process a result of inter-institutional dynamics? Are these mechanisms …

The paper suggests a practice turn in the analysis of political legitimacy. Current social science research on … political legitimacy suffers twofold. First, it shows an undue (silent) impact of an ethics-first perspective. Second, empirical … approaches to political legitimacy mostly focus on societal constellations of citizens’ beliefs. The dynamic character of …

. Thirdly, we find that a primary concern in EU legitimacy contestation is democracy, especially for those evaluating EU …This paper analyses the prominence, content and justifications of Euroscepticism as a form of EU legitimacy … contestation, mediation and formation of public opinion in the public sphere. Our survey delivers original data on EU legitimacy …