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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Thinking Relationally: Questions, Themes and Perspectives for the Study of EU Civil Society
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Trends, Interactions and Positions within Platforms of CSOs
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Membership and Identity Struggles within and between EU-Level CSOs
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The European Citizens’ Initiative: A New Arena for Civil Society Activism?
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Reviews
“Interested readers and researchers in the field of EU civil society will find detailed information about methodological issues and data collection. … In general, the volume provides detailed consideration of the conflicts and risks which civil society organisations face in the lobby-based Brussels context.” (Andi Hoxhaj, Journal of Contemporary European Research, Vol.14 (02), 2018)
“There are many good reasons for recommending this volume. It departs from the mainstream of European civil societyresearch; it takes a new and fresh theoretical approach to the analysis of a complex phenomenon; it provides a bunch of interesting case studies which are thoroughly researched and well documented.” (Annette Zimmer, Voluntas, Vol. 28, 2017)
'This volume is a fantastically innovative contribution to the study of EU civil society. The relational approach covering the theoretical perspectives of the network, coalition and field model focuses on cooperation and competition so decisive for the constitution and performance of CSOs. The entire book is a 'must read' not only because of the empirical richness of the individual contributions but because the common relational approach provides a comprehensive view of the structure and dynamics of EU civil society." - Beate Kohler-Koch, University of Mannheim, Germany'EU Civil Society casts new lights on the phenomenon of EU civil society. Whereas previous research has focused on the role of EU policies in fostering EU civil society (top-down perspective), on Civil Society organizations tactics and strategies (bottom-up perspective), or on the democratic qualities of EU Civil Society (democratic perspective), this book adopts a relational perspective illuminating the cooperative and conflict-laded interactions taking place between Civil Society actors at the European level. Mobilizing a set of theoretical models (network, coalition, field), the contributions to this volume investigate empirically different types of interactions between Civil Society actors and with the European institutions in a variety of policy-fields. This book will be a major resource for all those interested in the EU Civil Society and its dynamic evolution.' - Bernard Enjolras, Institute for Social Research, Norway
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: EU Civil Society
Book Subtitle: Patterns of Cooperation, Competition and Conflict
Editors: Håkan Johansson, Sara Kalm
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137500724
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: 978-1-137-50070-0Published: 19 August 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-50072-4Published: 29 April 2016
Series ISSN: 2946-6016
Series E-ISSN: 2946-6024
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 273
Topics: Development Studies, Sociology, general, Political Sociology, European Culture, European Union Politics, Political Science