A New Right for Democracy and Development in Europe

Contents: Giampiero Bordino: Citizenship and Participatory Democracy in Europe. The European Citizens' Initiative Right - Giuseppe Allegri: The Right for European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) and Participatory Democracy in the European Union: A New Post-National Practice? - Elisabeth Alber: Direct Democracy: Driving Force for a New Political Federal Culture? - Emmanuel Sigalas: The European Citizens' Initiative. A New Era for Democratic Politics in the EU - Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann: The European Citizens' Initiative: A Great Responsibility for Federalists - Nicola Vallinoto: The European People for a Europe 2.0 - Paolo Ponzano: Refocusing Europe on Growth and Employment. The Citizens' Initiative for an Extraordinary European Plan - Giampiero Bordino: Introduction. The European Citizens' Initiative for a European Special Plan for Sustainable Development - Alberto Majocchi: A European Development Plan to Emerge from the Crisis - Alfonso Iozzo: For a European Sustainable Development Plan - Simone Vannuccini: Desirable Effects of a European Plan for Sustainable Development - Francesca Lacaita/Nicola Vallinoto: A Citizens Initiative for a European Green New Deal.

Giampiero Bordino has published historical essays and manuals, in particular on contemporary history. He is member of the Einstein Center for International Studies (CESI) in Turin and a member of the editorial staff of and contributor to the review The Federalist Debate. He writes about issues relating to European unity, supranational federalism and the globalisation process.