Democratic participation and civil society in the European Union
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1 ed. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2011. 232 p. (Europe in change).
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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 -