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De-mystification of participatory democracy : EU governance and civil society / Beate Kohler-Koch ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political participation--European Union countries.
- Political participation.
- Civil society--European Union countries.
- Civil society.
- Non-governmental organizations--European Union countries.
- Non-governmental organizations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (233 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This text tackles the issue of civil society's democratic input to EU governance. It looks at how participatory democracy, laid down in the Lisbon Treaty and advocated by the Commission, is put into practice and whether the involvement of civil society lives up to the high expectation of upgrading the Union's democratic legitimacy.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; 1 Civil society and democracy in the EU: High expectations under empirical scrutiny; 2 Governing with the European civil society; 3 Involving civil society in EU governance: The consultation regime of the European Commission; 4 Consultation in daily practice: An in-depth analysis; 5 New instruments serving democracy: Do online consultations benefit civil society?; 6 The balancing act of European civil society: Between professionalism and grass roots
- 7 Information strategies of organized civil society: Does anyone listen?8 Civil society participation: More democracy or pluralization of the European lobby?; Appendix; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 2, 2013).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-166210-0
- 1-299-73523-1
- OCLC:
- 853458312
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