Investigates how the values of the rule of law, solidarity and democracy can be understood in the European Union in order ensure the sustainability of the European political order.

Erik O. Eriksen is Professor of Political Science and director of ARENA, Centre for European Studies at the University of Oslo, Norway.

Christian Joerges is Professor of European Economic Law at ZERP, Centre for European Law and Politics at the University of Bremen, Germany.

Florian Rödl is Research Fellow at ZERP, Centre for European Law and Politics at the University of Bremen, Germany.

1. Introduction: Europe's Unsettled Political Order Erik Oddvar Eriksen, Christian Joerges and Florian Rödl Part 1: Rule of Law in a Context of Governance 2. Three Forms of Governance and Three Forms of Power Poul F. Kjaer 3. Participatory Governance and European Administrative Law Rainer Nickel 4. Judges and Lawyers beyond Constitutive Power Michelle Everson and Julia Eisner 5. Judicial Governance in the European Union Chrisoph U. Schmid Part 2: The Social Deficit of the Union 6. Can there be a European Social Model? Waltraud Schelkle 7. Approaching the 'Social Union'? Alexander Graser 8. Constitutional Integration of Labour Constitutions Florian Rödl Part 3: Identity and Collective Memories 9. Working through 'Bitter Experiences' towards a Purified European Identity? Christian Joerges 10. A 'Thick' Constitutional Patriotism for the EU? Part 4: Post-national Democracy in Europe 11. Taking Democracy Seriously- Europe after the Failure of its Constitution Hauke Brunkhorst 12. A Done Deal? The EU's Legitimacy Conundrum Revisited Erik Oddvar Eriksen and John Erik Fossum