Governance and European Civil Society; Governmentality, Discourse - Advances in European Politics

"This book provides a critical analysis of the European Union's approach to 'governance', focusing on the way in which civil society is incorporated within the EU decision-making process and arguing that it is not conducive to the democratisation of EU governance. Using a governmentality approach, Kutay demonstrates that civic actors are not incorporated into EU decision-making processes as they are; rather, they are formed, manipulated and guided by political programming. The author explains how this acts to prescribe and construct particular types of subjectivities, thereby limiting and constraining the types of participation that might emerge as part of European civil society and the process of political participation. Governance and European Civil Society will be of interest to students and scholars of European Union politics, global governance, civil society and democracy, Central and East European studies and political and international theory"--

Product details

• Authors: Acar Kutay, Acar (University of Bergen Kutay, Kutay Acar
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.01.2014
• EAN: 9780415707374
• ISBN: 978-0-415-70737-4
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics; Routledge Advances in European; Routledge Advances in European Politics; Routledge Advances in European
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Political science and theory, Demonstrations & protest movements