TY - BOOK

T1 - Democratic participation and civil society in the European Union

AU - Friedrich, Dawid

PY - 2011

Y1 - 2011

N2 - Can the participation of civil society organisations democratise policy making in the European Union? This book challenges the widespread optimism about civil society participation in European governance and offers a nuanced and realistic evaluation of its democratic potential. Friedrich argues that the participation of these groups is only of democratic value if participatory patterns are democratised through appropriate institutional means.This book systematically brings together insights from normative democratic theory with an empirical evaluation of concrete policy-processes. It demonstrates that the participation of civil society organisation cannot be conceived as a panacea for the European Union’s democratic deficit, because the participatory pattern of EU policy-making violates the key democratic value of political equality.This book will be of interest to all of those concerned about the future of European democracy, those studying and teaching European politics, the European Union, international relations and democratic theory.

AB - Can the participation of civil society organisations democratise policy making in the European Union? This book challenges the widespread optimism about civil society participation in European governance and offers a nuanced and realistic evaluation of its democratic potential. Friedrich argues that the participation of these groups is only of democratic value if participatory patterns are democratised through appropriate institutional means.This book systematically brings together insights from normative democratic theory with an empirical evaluation of concrete policy-processes. It demonstrates that the participation of civil society organisation cannot be conceived as a panacea for the European Union’s democratic deficit, because the participatory pattern of EU policy-making violates the key democratic value of political equality.This book will be of interest to all of those concerned about the future of European democracy, those studying and teaching European politics, the European Union, international relations and democratic theory.

KW - Politics

KW - Europäische Union

KW - Europäische Union / REACH-Verordnung

KW - Zivilgesellschaft

KW - Demokratie

KW - Europäische Demokratie

KW - deliberation

KW - deliberative Demokratie

M3 - Monographs

SN - 9780719083549

SN - 0719083540

T3 - Europe in change

BT - Democratic participation and civil society in the European Union

PB - Manchester University Press

CY - Manchester

ER -