Civil society in an integrating Europe
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The European Union and global governance: a handbook. ed. / Jens-Uwe Wunderlich; David J. Bailey. London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2011. p. 323-330.
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Civil society in an integrating Europe
AU - Friedrich, Dawid Govinda
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - This chapter discusses a reconstructive strategy that seeks to give an overview about both the origin and development of the so-called 'European civil society' and the changing language that has been used to conceptualize these non-state actors. The initial Treaty of Rome of the six founding members of the European Economic Community (EEC) largely foresaw European integration as an economic project. In the 1980s economic integration accelerated with the formulation of the internal market in the Single European Act and the goal of a common market programme with a single currency was formulated. Since the mid-1990s the phrases 'civil society' and the 'participation of civil society organizations' in governance processes pushed other terminologies aside. The chapter concludes by arguing that developments suggest a move away from the civil society language and a return to the older language of interest representation, a development that will certainly be normatively less exciting, but perhaps ideologically less exaggerated.
AB - This chapter discusses a reconstructive strategy that seeks to give an overview about both the origin and development of the so-called 'European civil society' and the changing language that has been used to conceptualize these non-state actors. The initial Treaty of Rome of the six founding members of the European Economic Community (EEC) largely foresaw European integration as an economic project. In the 1980s economic integration accelerated with the formulation of the internal market in the Single European Act and the goal of a common market programme with a single currency was formulated. Since the mid-1990s the phrases 'civil society' and the 'participation of civil society organizations' in governance processes pushed other terminologies aside. The chapter concludes by arguing that developments suggest a move away from the civil society language and a return to the older language of interest representation, a development that will certainly be normatively less exciting, but perhaps ideologically less exaggerated.
KW - Politics
KW - Europäische Demokratie
U2 - 10.4324/9780203850503-32
DO - 10.4324/9780203850503-32
M3 - Contributions to collected editions/anthologies
SN - 1-85743-509-5
SN - 978-1-85743-509-2
SP - 323
EP - 330
BT - The European Union and global governance
A2 - Wunderlich, Jens-Uwe
A2 - Bailey, David J.
PB - Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
CY - London
ER -