Social solidarity in the Delors period - barriers to participation, Sue Cohen; reconciling suprastatism and accountability - a view from Sweden, Sverker Gustavsson; a Europe of the peoples? - New Labour and democratizing the EU, Stefano Fella; how democratic is the European Parliament?, John Lambert and Catherine Hoskyns; controlling EMU, Valerio Lintner; Eastern enlargement and democracy, Mary Kaldor; democratization - a constitutionalizing process, Richard Kuper; democratizing the EU - evidence and argument, Catherine Hoskyns.