ISBN: 9780199674596

The democratic legitimacy of the European Union has become an increasingly urgent issue. In searching for a way out, academics, EU institutions, and political forces advocate the involvem… Mehr…

The democratic legitimacy of the European Union has become an increasingly urgent issue. In searching for a way out, academics, EU institutions, and political forces advocate the involvement of civil society. The Commission''s new governance approach and the Lisbon Treaty introduced elements ofparticipatory democracy and elevated civil society to a key actor in democratizing the EU. Does this hold upon closer scrutiny? This is the main question of the book. It investigates how the promise of civil society participation is put into practice and, based on an elaborate theoretical framework, evaluates whether the political practice deserves the quality attribute ''participatory democracy''. The book presents the results of a large research project composedof several highly original empirical studies. The research team used various methodological approaches and generated a rich data set. The wealth of empirical insight is evaluated against clear criteria deduced from normative democratic theory. As key elements of the analyses - democracy, participation, and civil society - are contested concepts, the authors placed particular emphasize on clarifying their understanding of these concepts and on considering competing interpretations. By relying on a consistent theoretical approach theauthors present an unusually balanced evaluation. They come to convincing, though rather skeptical conclusions. Civil society participation in EU governance is not the democratic remedy its advocates had hoped for. This may not be a welcome but nevertheless it is an important finding both forEuropean decision-makers, for civil society organizations and for scholars. | De-Mystification of Participatory Democracy by Beate Kohler-Koch Hardcover | Indigo Chapters Books > History > Politics P10103, Beate Kohler-Koch<

2013, ISBN: 9780199674596

The democratic legitimacy of the European Union has become an increasingly urgent issue. In searching for a way out, academics, EU institutions, and political forces advocate the involvem… Mehr…

The democratic legitimacy of the European Union has become an increasingly urgent issue. In searching for a way out, academics, EU institutions, and political forces advocate the involvement of civil society. The Commission's new governance approach and the Lisbon Treaty introduced elements of participatory democracy and elevated civil society to a key actor in democratizing the EU. Does this hold upon closer scrutiny? This is the main question of the book. It investigates how the promise of civil society participation is put into practice and, based on an elaborate theoretical framework, evaluates whether the political practice deserves the quality attribute 'participatory democracy'. The book presents the results of a large research project composed of several highly original empirical studies. The research team used various methodological approaches and generated a rich data set. The wealth of empirical insight is evaluated against clear criteria deduced from normative democratic theory. As key elements of the analyses - democracy, participation, and civil society - are contested concepts, the authors placed particular emphasize on clarifying their understanding of these concepts and on considering competing interpretations. By relying on a consistent theoretical approach the authors present an unusually balanced evaluation. They come to convincing, though rather skeptical conclusions. Civil society participation in EU governance is not the democratic remedy its advocates had hoped for. This may not be a welcome but nevertheless it is an important finding both for European decision-makers, for civil society organizations and for scholars. Buch (fremdspr.) Beate Kohler-Koch gebundene Ausgabe, Oxford University Press, 15.09.2013, Oxford University Press, 2013<

2013, ISBN: 0199674590

[EAN: 9780199674596], Neubuch, [PU: OXFORD UNIV PR], POLITICS CURRENT EVENTS POLITICAL SCIENCE COMPARATIVE PUBLIC POLICY SOCIAL, Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird na… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780199674596], Neubuch, [PU: OXFORD UNIV PR], POLITICS CURRENT EVENTS POLITICAL SCIENCE COMPARATIVE PUBLIC POLICY SOCIAL, Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. This book 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 liv, Books<

2013, ISBN: 9780199674596

EU-Governance and Civil Society, Buch, Hardcover, [PU: Oxford University Press], Oxford University Press, 2013