Political Representation in the European Union

The search for democratic representation in times of crisis 5

Sandra Kroeger

Part I: Electoral forms of representation and the democratic crisis of the EU

Compounded Representation in the EU: no country for old parliaments? 37

Johannes Pollak

Party strategies towards interest groups in a Europeanized Europe 70

Anne Rasmussen and Gert-Jan Lindeboom

The Structure of EU-representation and the Crisis 105

John Erik Fossum

Representation in the Councils of the EU 140

Daniel Naurin

The Committee of the Regions as representative assembly: mission impossible or miracle in the making? 176

Simona Piattoni

Part II: Non-electoral forms of representation in multi-level representation in times of crisis

Representation and network governance in Europe 216

Martino Maggetti

The European Commission and political representation: A new inter-institutional perspective 250

Nieves Perez-Solorzano Borragan and Stijn Smismans

The involvement of the constituencies of European umbrella organizations in EU affairs 287

Sandra Kroeger

Democratic representation in transnational citizens' forums? 324

Dawid Friedrich

Mediated representative politics: the Euro-crisis and the politicization

of the EU 366

Hans-Joerg Trenz

Who is the Guardian for Constitutionalism in Europe after the Financial Crisis? 400

Michelle Everson and Christian Joerges

Part III: Concluding essays

Representation as the Cornerstone for Efficient and Legitimate

Governance 429

Beate Kohler-Koch

Concluding Notes: Rethinking Political Representation in a Supranational Context 472

Dario Castiglione