Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction -- 2. Towards stalemate -- 2.1. What is the European Union? -- 2.2. In theoretical limbo -- 2.3. The Lisbon Treaty -- 2.4. Europe's stalemate -- 2.5. The Westphalian system of international relations -- 2.6. The Kantian dilemma of statehood and international law -- 3. A Citizens' Narrative of the Eu -- 3.1. Huizinga's legacy -- 3.2. Linguistic deviations -- 3.3. Uncharted waters -- 3.4. Identity and democracy -- 3.5. Euromourn -- 3.6. A Union of States and of Peoples -- 3.7. The Maastricht Treaty -- 3.8. Patterns of democratisation -- 3.9. EU citizenship -- 3.10. In search of a democratic polity -- 3.11. A Decade of Constitutional Debate -- 3.12. From constitution to treaty -- 3.13. The Lisbon Treaty revisited -- 3.14. The euro-crisis -- 3.15. On the brink of collapse -- 3.16. A Currency Beyond the State -- 3.17. Transnational democracy in-the-making -- 3.18. Europe in the world: external relations of the European Union -- 4. The theory of democratic integration -- 4.1. The democratic deficit as an unintended consequence -- 4.2. Neofunctionalist theory versus democratic requirements -- 4.3. The emancipation of the citizens -- 4.4. The need for a second revolutionary breakthrough -- 4.5. An anecdote from Amsterdam -- 4.6. The theory of democratic integration -- 4.7. Towards European democracy -- 4.8. The conclusion of treaties in a democratic polity -- 4.9. The nature of the beast -- 4.10. Theorising transnational democracy -- 5. Conclusion -- 6. Epilogue: Applying Theory to Practice.