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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Social movements
- European Union
- interest representation
- civil society
- Non-governmental organisations
- campaigning
- political process
- political opportunity
- framing
- process tracing
- social movement impact
- European Union (EU)
- Government
- Internet
- Nation
- organization
- Policy
- Political campaign
- Transnational
- european union politics
About this book
Reviews
"Is the European Union a chance or an hindrance for progressive movements? In this volume Louisa Parks provides a theoretically provocative and empirically rich "it depends" answer to this question, comparing several protest campaigns of the civil society and social movement organizations targeting European institutions [...] A must read for scholars of contentious politics and European integration alike." - Professor Donatella della Porta, European University Institute, Italy
"The EU is often seen as a technical entity that encourages lobbying at the summit and leaves a "democratic deficit" at the base. For some issues put forward by some claimants, this is indeed the case. But Louisa Parks' book persuasively shows how other groups making different claims effectively use political strategies at the base of European societies to advance their claims. Employing a strategy of multiple paired comparisons, Parks shows that the EU is far from immune to robust political claim-making, when these claims are made through political strategies mobilizing resources and framing issues at the base of Europe's multilevel system. This is a book that scholars of European integration and social movements alike will want to read." Professor Sidney Tarrow, Cornell University, United States
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Louisa Parks is a Lecturer at the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lincoln, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Social Movement Campaigns on EU Policy
Book Subtitle: In the Corridors and in the Streets
Authors: Louisa Parks
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137411068
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-41105-1Published: 28 July 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-41106-8Published: 27 July 2015
Series ISSN: 2946-6016
Series E-ISSN: 2946-6024
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 210
Topics: Social Policy, Political Sociology, European Union Politics, Public Policy, Political Science, Sociology, general