of democracy. Citizen participation is remarkable on two levels in the European government: one, as a citizen of European …Democracy is explained by giving the power to the government, with the consent of citizens, expressing their will …

of democracy. Citizen participation is remarkable on two levels in the European government: one, as a citizen of European …Democracy is explained by giving the power to the government, with the consent of citizens, expressing their will …

allocation of econornic conipetences that can serve as an overall. guideline for a European constitution. …

Constitutional democracy is in decline and many would-be autocrats try to elude constitutional constraints or even to …

the new constitution is in place. Sustaining democracy involves the reciprocal ability to impose costs on the other group …Most democratic constitutions fail. The estimated half-life of a democratic constitution adopted between 1789 and 2005 … democracy to survive, it must be self-enforcing in the sense that all parties with the power to disrupt democracy – such as an …

, they have been criticized as promoting technocracy to the detriment of democracy. A number of political scientists even … direct democracy, representative democracy, and expert decision-making. …