Democratic Participation and Civil Society in the European Union

Informationen zum Autor Dawid Friedrich is Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg Klappentext Can the participation of civil society organisations democratise policy making in the European Union? This book challenges the widespread optimism about civil society participation in European governance and offers a nuanced and realistic evaluation of its democratic potential. Friedrich argues that the participation of these groups is only of democratic value if participatory patterns are democratised through appropriate institutional means. This book systematically brings together insights from normative democratic theory with an empirical evaluation of concrete policy-processes. It demonstrates that the participation of civil society organisation cannot be conceived as a panacea for the European Union's democratic deficit, because the participatory pattern of EU policy-making violates the key democratic value of political equality.This book will be of interest to all of those concerned about the future of European democracy, those studying and teaching European politics, the European Union, international relations and democratic theory. Zusammenfassung This book addresses the topical discussion of how democracy can be achieved beyond the nation-state and challenges the widespread optimism about the democratic potential of civil society participation in European governance. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgementsList of abbreviationsList of figures and tables1. Introduction: Participation and democracy in the postnational age2. Contemporary theories of democracy and participation3. Researching democratic participation4. The participatory regime for organised civil society in the European Union5. Participatory governance in the practice of EU policy making6. Deliberative participation in EU policy making7. ConclusionReferences

Product details

• Authors: Dawid Friedrich, Friedrich Dawid
• Assisted by: Thomas Christiansen (Editor), Emil Kirchner (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2011
• EAN: 9780719083549
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8354-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Europe in Change; Europe in Change (Hardcover); Europe in Change
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Political structures: democracy, EU (European Union), International institutions, EU & European institutions, Political structures / systems: democracy