Reforming Europe: The European Convention No 13, 2004/2 - 180 pagesPages 7 to 20The Value of Institutions: Mandate and Self-Mandate in the Convention ProcessBy Carlos ClosaPages 21 to 41The Contribution of the European Parliament Component to Negotiations about the ConventionBy Olivier CostaPages 43 to 67The Secretariat of the European Convention: An Influential ActorBy Florence Deloche-GaudezPages 69 to 92Coping with the Lilliput Syndrome: Large vs. Small Member States in the European ConventionBy Paul Magnette, Kalypso NicolaïdisPages 95 to 114Genesis and Assessment of the Grand Institutional Settlement of the European ConventionBy Ben CrumVariaPages 115 to 142Europeanization of National Democracies: The Differential Impact on Simple and Compound PolitiesBy Vivien A. SchmidtPages 147 to 158Critical Reading