This insightful book provides an original and thought-provoking analysis of the widening gap between democracy-in-principle and governance-in-practice as economic globalization transforms our world. Nowhere is the deepening dilemma more evident than in the European Union. This book examines the contemporary breakdown and transformation of the democratic welfare state in Europe and draws fascinating contrasts with North America. In a cohesive and insightful collection of essays, a group of distinguished political scientists debates the implications of these trends both for theory and for policy.

Chapter 1 Democracy and Globalization in Theory and Practice Chapter 2 Globalization and Democracy Chapter 3 Can the European Union Finally become a Democracy? Chapter 4 The Democratic Welfare State in an Integrating Europe Chapter 5 Democratic Governance beyond the Nation-State Chapter 6 Post-National Democracy in Europe Chapter 7 Do Deficits Imply Surpluses? Toward a Democratic Audit of North America Chapter 8 Democratic Foundations for a Global Economy: The European Experience and the Call to Imagination Part 9 Bibliography Part 10 Index Part 11 About the Editors and Contributors

Michael Th. Greven is professor of political science at the Institut fYr Politische Wissenschaft at the University of Hamburg. Louis W. Pauly is professor in the department of political science and director of the Center for International Studies at the University of Toronto.