The European Sympolity. Towards a New Democratic Discourse

DIMITRIS TH. TSATSOS

TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword................................................................ ix Preface...................................................................xvii I. The Debate..............................................................1 II. Structure of the Argument........................................7 III. Democracy as a Reference Point............................11 IV. Europe as a Unique Historico-Political Space............23 V. The Need for a European Post Statist Theory............29 VI. The Post-Statist Theory of Democracy and the European Sympolity.......................................41 VII. Applying the Post-Statist Theory of Democracy......59 VIII. Democracy Versus Efficiency in Europe? .............71 IX. The European Political Parties: Issues of Institutional Compatibility.......................................85 X. Postscript: Food for Thought...................................89