ISBN:
9783658022136
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XVI, 290 p. 19 illus, digital)
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SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Druckausg.
Keywords:
Social sciences
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Social Sciences
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Social sciences
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Europäische Union
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Politische Willensbildung
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Zivilgesellschaft
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Nichtstaatliche Organisation
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Online-Ressource
Abstract:
The role of civil society organisations in Brussels is debated. Some view them as representatives of their members and thus as legitimising agents for policy-making in the European Union. Others see them as being elitist and out of touch with their membership bases, therefore ill-suited to promote democracy at the EU level. Taking civil society organisations in the EU’s external relations as an example, Meike Rodekamp submits these controversial views to a reality check. Interviews with representatives of civil society organisations in Brussels and their member organisations in the EU show that the Brussels offices have not lost contact with their members. However, member organisations differ substantially in their participation in internal decision-making processes, which raises doubts about the legitimacy gains through civil society participation in EU policy-making. Contents · The Representative Role of Civil Society Organisations in Democracy · Methods, Case Selection, and the Civil Society Organisation Sample · The Formal and the Relational Dimension of Civil Society Organisation Representativeness Target Groups · Researchers and students of political science, in particular in the fields of EU integration, global governance, NGO research, and democratisation · Practitioners of EU politics, in particular EU institution officials, NGO and business association representatives, government representatives, lobbyists in general The Author Dr. Meike Rodekamp works as a policy analyst for the German Council of Science and Humanities (Wissenschaftsrat) in Cologne, Germany
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Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Two Stories about Civil Society Organisations; 1.2 The Research Question; 1.3 Defining Civil Society Organisations; 1.4 Structure of the Study; 2 The Representative Role of CSOs in Democracy - Origins of the Debate and the EU Context; 2.1 The Contributions of CSOs to Democracy; 2.1.1 The Tocquevillian Heritage - Education and Representation; 2.1.2 The Representative Role of CSOs; 2.1.3 Other Democratising Functions of CSOs; 2.1.4 CSOs as a Threat to Democracy
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2.1.5 The Representative Role of CSOs and the Sceptics2.1.6 A Democratic Structure: Sine Qua Non for Contributing to Democratic Governance?; 2.2 The Changing Perspective on CSOs in the EU Context; 2.2.1 The Academic Debate - From an Analytical to a Normative Perspective; 2.2.2 The EU's Democratic Deficit - Diagnoses and Remedies; 2.2.3 CSOs as a Remedy for the Democratic Deficit; 2.2.4 CSOs and Representation; 2.2.5 Critical Voices; 2.2.6 European Institutions and CSO Participation; 2.3 Conceptualising and Operationalising CSO Representativeness - Combining Formal and Relational Aspects
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2.3.1 Sketching CSO Representativeness - The Academic Debate2.3.2 CSO Representativeness in the EU Context; 2.3.3 A Two-Dimensional Framework for Investigating Representativeness; 2.3.4 Analysing the Formal Dimension of CSO Representativeness; 2.3.5 Analysing the Relational Dimension of CSO Representativeness; 3 Methods, Case Selection, and the CSO Sample; 3.1 Methodological Choices: A Qualitative, Explorative Study; 3.1.1 Why Undertake A Case Study? - Advantages and Pitfalls; 3.1.2 Research Methods and Data; 3.1.3 The Interview Data
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3.2 Case Selection: Policy Fields, CSOs, and Member Organisations3.2.1 Selecting EU Policy Fields: External Trade Policy and Security and Defence Policy; 3.2.2 The Logic of the Case Selection; 3.2.3 Selecting CSOs: Member-Based Umbrella Organisations with Institutional Access; 3.2.4 The CSO Sample; 3.2.5 Selecting CSOs for Detailed Analysis and Their Member Organisations; 3.3 The CSO Sample and Professionalisation; 3.4 The CSO Sample and the CSO Environment - Making the Connection; 3.4.1 The CSO Sample and the CSO Population in the EU
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3.4.2 The CSO Sample and the CSO Populations in ETP and CSDP4 The Formal Dimension of CSO Representativeness; 4.1 Organisational Form, Membership Structure, and Formal Internal Governance; 4.1.1 Organisational Form; 4.1.2 Membership Structure; 4.1.3 Formal Rules for Internal Governance; 4.2 Constituency Size and Geographic Scope; 4.3 Summary and Discussion; 5 The Relational Dimension of CSO Representativeness - Assessing Accountability, Participation, and Satisfaction; 5.1 The Perspective of EU-Level Representatives; 5.1.1 Accountability to Members; 5.1.2 Member Participation
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5.1.3 Staff Satisfaction
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DOI:
10.1007/978-3-658-02213-6
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