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 Characteristi