Mechanisms of European Integration : The Force of Reasons (Paperback)

Part 1: Squaring the circle on rationality and acceptability??1. Introduction: The rationality/acceptability gap??2. The right-making force of public reason??3. Rational irrationality: On bargaining and arguing??4. Deliberative inquiry: Probing the conditions for legitimate solutions??5. Rational acceptability and its limitations??6. Deliberative decision-making??7. Claims-making, justification, and learning??Part 2: European integration: Autonomy and heteronomy??8. European integration: the force of democracy??9. The European parliament puzzle: from disagreement to agreement??10. Differentiation, segmentation, and the spectre of dominance??11. Habermas versus Habermas on European democracy??12. Regional cosmopolitanism and hierarchical self-intervention.??Postscript