Making European Citizens examines the forms of transnational citizenship developing in Europe. Active citizenship involves more than simply voting. Achieving mobilization at a transnational level may involve new democratic techniques and skills. The volume explores how far European citizens have acquired the requisite methods and qualities.

Preface Notes on Contributors Introduction: From National to Transnational Citizenship; R.Bellamy, D.Castiglione & J.Shaw PART I: CITIZENS' DEMOCRATIC STANDING AND RIGHTS OF PARTICIPATION The Contested Case of EU Voting Rights; A.Connolly, S.Day & J.Shaw EU Citizenship and the Principle of Affectedness; C.Hilson We the Citizens? Representation and Participation in EU Constitutional Politics; D.Castiglione PART II: CITIZENS' VOICE AND INTERESTS Transitional Political Parties; S.Day & J.Shaw Making Citizens from the Market? NGOs and the Representation of Interests; A.Warleigh Legitimising EU Regulation: Procedural Accountability, Participation, or Better Consultation?; I.Bartle PART III: CITIZENS' MOBILIZATION AND OPPORTUNITIES Lesson Learning and the 'Civil Society of Interests'; N.Pérez-Sólorzano Borrogán Local Mobilisation and Supranational Standards; C.F.Stychin Local Strategies for Civic Inclusion in a European Context: The Roma in the Czech Republic; M.Castle-Kanerova & B.Jordan PART IV: DEMOCRATIC CITIZENSHIP IN A DEMOCRATIC EUROPE? Civic Competence and Identity in the European Polity; D.N.Chryssochoou Between Past and Future: The Democratic Limits of EU Citizenship; R.Bellamy Index