| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
The Representative Role of Civil Society Organisations in Democracy -- Methods, Case Selection, and the Civil Society Organisation Sample -- The Formal and the Relational Dimension of Civil Society Organisation Representativeness -- Synthesis |
| Summary |
The role of civil society organisations in Brussels is debated. Some view them as representatives of their members and thus as legitimising agents for policy-making in the European Union. Others see them as being elitist and out of touch with their membership bases, therefore ill-suited to promote democracy at the EU level. Taking civil society organisations in the EU's external relations as an example, Meike Rodekamp submits these controversial views to a reality check. Interviews with representatives of civil society organisations in Brussels and their member organisations in the EU show that the Brussels offices have not lost contact with their members. However, member organisations differ substantially in their participation in internal decision-making processes, which raises doubts about the legitimacy gains through civil society participation in EU policy-making |
| Analysis |
Social sciences |
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Political Science, general |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 28, 2013) |
| Subject |
Pressure groups -- European Union countries
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Civil society -- European Union countries
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Negotiating.
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Droit.
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Sciences sociales.
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Sciences humaines.
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Civil society
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Politics and government
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Pressure groups
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| SUBJECT |
European Union countries -- Politics and government
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| Subject |
European Union countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783658022136 |
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3658022132 |
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3658022124 |
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9783658022129 |
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