William A. Maloney and Jan W. van Deth (Eds.) |
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| Civil Society and Governance in Europe |
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| From National to International Linkages | |||
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| 267 p., Edward Elgar Publishing, USA, UK, 2008 | |||
ISBN: 978 1 84720 758 6 |
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Abstract
The contributors to this new book analyse the opportunities for civil society associations to contribute to European integration and decision-making from various perspectives. The research demonstrates that the Europeanization process – in terms of civil society actors adapting to the European political space – has an uneven development.Contents:
| List of figures | |
| List of tables | |
| List of contributors | |
| Preface | |
| Part I: Introduction | |
| 1. | Introduction: from bottom-up and top-down towards multi-level governance in Europe, Jan W. van Deth and William A. Maloney
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| 2. | Bringing society back in: civil society, social capital and the third sector, Annette Zimmer and Matthias Freise |
| Part II: Buttom-up: Civil Society and Voluntary Associations | |
| 3. | The associational impact on attitudes towards Europe: a tale of two cities, William A. Maloney and Jan W. van Deth |
| 4. | The political opportunity structure for civil society organisations in a multilevel context: society movement organisations and the European Union, Marc Hooghe |
| 5. | Bringing the citizens closer to the EU? The role of civil society in Wales in the European Convention, Deborah Cook |
| 6. | Europeanisation as empowerment of civil society: all smoke and mirrors?, Cristina Elena Parau and Jerry Wittmeier Bains |
| 7. | Citizenship, welfare and the opportunities for political mobilisation: migrants and unemployed compared, Didier Chabanet and Marco Giugni |
Part III: Top-down: Interest Mediation and Decision Making |
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| 8. | Addressing the ´communication gap´: the difficult connection of European and domestic political spaces, Cécile Leconte |
| 9. | The role of interest groups in fostering citizen engagement: the determinants of outside lobbying, Christine Mahoney |
| 10. | Coalition structures in national policy networks: the domestic context of European politics, Silke Adam, Margit Jochum and Hanspeter Kriesi |
| 11. | European Union support for civil society in the Baltic states, Susan Stewart |
| Part IV: In Conclusion | |
| 12. | Conclusion: Europeanization, multi-level governance and civil society, William A. Maloney and Jan W. van Deth |
| Index | |
Notes on Editors:
William A. Maloney
Professor of Politics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Jan W. van Deth
Professor of Political Science and International Comparative Social Research, University of Mannheim, Germany