Contents -- Introduction -- Federalism in Europe: History and Future Options -- From Dialectics to Political Theology: Rethinking Complexity in Federalism -- The Democratic Principle as an Organisational Basis of the European Union -- The European Union's Institutional System as the Basis for a New Form of Democracy -- Incorporating the Principle of Co-Equal Branches into the European Constitution: Lessons to be Learned from the United States -- Institutional Redress of the Democratic Deficit: Redefinition with a Democracy-Efficiency Continuum -- Constituent Power and Polity Legitimacy in the European Context: A Theoretical Sketch -- Circumventing the State? The Demands of Stateless Nations, National Minorities, and the European Constitution -- The Catholic Church and Poland's Accession to the European Union -- Inclusive Education as a Human Right and Slovakia's Accession to the European Union -- The US Must Merge with the EU -- Conclusion: Europe on the Road to Redefinition -- Notes on Contributors.