Civil Society Participation in European and Global Governance

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Emergent Patterns of Civil Society Participation in Global and European Governance

   • Jens Steffek, Patrizia Nanz

   Pages 1-29

3. The Evolution of CSOs’ Legal Status in International Governance and Its Relevance for the Legitimacy of International Organizations

   • Claudia Kissling

   Pages 30-52

4. Civil Society Participation under Most Favourable Conditions: Assessing the Deliberative Quality of the WSIS

   • Charlotte Dany

   Pages 53-70

5. The ILO, Tripartism, and NGOs: Do Too Many Cooks Really Spoil the Broth?

   • Lars Thomann

   Pages 71-94

6. Civil Society Participation at the Margins: The Case of the WTO

   • Jens Steffek, Ulrike Ehling

   Pages 95-115

7. Civil Society Participation in International Security Organizations: The Cases of NATO and the OSCE

   • Peter Mayer

   Pages 116-139

8. Democratic Aspiration Meets Political Reality: Participation of Organized Civil Society in Selected European Policy Processes

   • Dawid Friedrich

   Pages 140-165

9. Participatory Strategies in the Regulation of GMO Products in the EU

   • Maria Paola Ferretti

   Pages 166-184

10. Assessing the Legitimacy of European Regional Policy: The Interplay of Civil Society and State Actors in Sweden and Germany

    • Jan-Hendrik Kamlage

    Pages 185-207

11. CSOs and the Democratization of International Governance: Prospects and Problems

    • Claudia Kissling, Jens Steffek

    Pages 208-218

12. Back Matter

    Pages 219-244

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It is often argued that the enhanced consultation of civil society contributes to the democratization of European and global governance. This collection investigates whether this theoretical argument is supported by empirical evidence. Ten original essays analyze current patterns of civil society consultation in 32 intergovernmental organizations.

• democratization
• European Governance
• European policy
• European Regional Policy
• European Union (EU)
• evolution
• global governance
• governance
• government
• information society
• Nation
• organization
• participation
• Policy
• regional policy
• european union politics
• democracy

• Centre for European Law and Politics, University of Bremen, Germany

  Jens Steffek, Patrizia Nanz

• Transformations of the State Research Centre, University of Bremen, Germany

  Claudia Kissling

JENS STEFFEK is Assistant Professor, Transformations of the State Research Centre, University of Bremen, Germany.

CLAUDIA KISSLING is Research Fellow, Transformations of the State Research Centre, University of Bremen, Germany.

PATRIZIA NANZ is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Centre of European Law and Politics, University of Bremen, Germany.

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