Contents



Introduction

Kolja Raube and Annika Sattler................................................................................9



1. Analytical Model



The Concept of Difference

Christine Landfried...................................................................................................15



2. Difference and Democracy



The Future of Democracy

Manfred G. Schmidt.................................................................................................49



Comment: An Alternative View on Democratic Governance

Beyond the Nation-State

Jonathan P. Aus.......................................................................................67



Comment: Difference and Democracy from the

Constitutional Law Perspective

Alexander von Brünneck ............................................................................77



Comment: The Sustainability of Democracy-

An Examination on the Basis of Leading Differences

Tine Stein ...............................................................................................83



3. Difference and Europe



Towards a Reflexive External Governance of the European Union

Kolja Raube...........................................................................................101



Comment: The Concept of Difference and its Potential for

Research in Political Science

Ingrid Schneider ......................................................................................127



Comment: Small States and Differences in the European Union-

Putting Forward or Paralyzing the Integration?

Meinhard Hilf........................................................................................141



Comment: Reflections on the Concept of a Reflexive

European Union External Governance

Chiara Formenti-Ujlaki...........................................................................147



4. Difference and Globalization



Thinking Islamic Difference in Pluralistic Democracies

Nilüfer Göle ..........................................................................................159



Comment: The New Cosmopolitanism. The (Right) Way

to Cope with Difference in a Globalizing Society

Edgar Grande........................................................................................183



Comment: The Troubles with Standardization of

Cultural Differences

Rainer Tetzlaff .......................................................................................197



Comment: Different Potentials of Difference in the Balkans-

A Paradigmatic Analysis

Fran Kauzlaric.......................................................................................211



5. Difference and Law



Managing Difference: Constitutional Pluralism and

Transnational Rights Protection

Alec Stone Sweet.....................................................................................227



Comment: Contesting the Management of Difference-

Transnational Human Rights, Religion and the European

Court of Human Rights' Lautsi Decision

Mattias Kumm.......................................................................................245



Comment: Global Constitutionalism and

the Concept of Difference

Antje Wiener .........................................................................................261



Comment: Law, Difference and Transnational Norm Building

Under a Shared Watercourse Treaty-The International Court

of Justice and Environmental Impact Statements

Jennifer McKay.......................................................................................277



6. Difference and Public Sphere



Difference as Basic Component of Mediated Communication

in (European) Public Spheres

Irene Neverla .........................................................................................291



Comment: Public Spheres in Europe

Hartmut Kaelble.....................................................................................307



Comment: Difference as Structural Characteristic

and Catalyst of European Public Spheres

Annika Sattler.......................................................................................315



Comment: Belonging and Engagement-Benefits of Difference on

European Union Issues in Europe's Public Spheres

Pieter de Wilde .......................................................................................327



7. Difference and Art



Difference and Democracy: Art

Martin Warnke .....................................................................................341



Comment: Difference Between Democracy and Art

Beyond Visual Arts

Udo Bermbach .......................................................................................355



Comment: Art is Difference…

Even if this is no Longer Readily Perceptible

Petra Kipphoff von Huene .........................................................................361



Comment: Difference and Indifference Between Art

Avant-Gardes and Democratic Politics

Klaus von Beyme.....................................................................................369



8. Conclusion



Exploring Potentials of Difference in Europe and Beyond

Kolja Raube and Annika Sattler................................................................379



Contributing Authors .......................................................................389



Index..................................................................................................395