A Constitution for the European Union

List of Tables vii List of Figures ix Contributors xi Series Foreword xiii Preface xv 1 The European Constitution and Peace: Taking the Heat out of Politics 1(24) Geoffrey Brennan and Alan Hamlin 2 Competitive Federalism by Default 25(12) James M. Buchanan 3 The Assignment of Powers in an Open-Ended European Union 37(24) Pierre Salmon 4 Rights and Citizenship in the European Union 61(24) Dennis C. Mueller 5 Enlargements and the Principles of Designing EU Decision-Making Procedures 85(24) Mika Widgrén 6 The Deadlock of the EU Budget: An Economic Analysis of Ways In and Ways Out 109(30) Charles B. Blankart and Christian Kirchner 7 Coordinating Sectoral Policy-Making: Searching for Countervailing Mechanisms in the EU Legislative Process 139(30) Bernard Steunenberg 8 How to Choose the European Executive: A Counterfactual Analysis, 1979-1999 169(34) Simon Hix, Abdul Noury, and Gérard Roland 9 The Role of Direct Democracy in the European Union 203(34) Lars P. Feld and Gebhard Kirchgässner 10 Bringing the European Union Closer to Its Citizens: Conclusions from the Conference 237(20) Charles B. Blankart and Dennis C. Mueller Index 257