European Governance and Democracy
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-0-7425-2935-9 (ISBN)
The authors trace the evolving relationship between citizens and European institutions over the past decades, especially as public support for deepening and widening integration has waned. This trend culminated in a deep institutional crisis precipitated by the rejection of the draft constitutional treaty in France and the Netherlands in 2005. At least two truisms were proven wrong during this tumultuous period: that European citizens have little interest in European integration and that citizens have little influence on EU politics. However, this power shift has left citizens with a deep distrust of integration and EU institutions with limited capacities to cope with issues the public considers priorities-primarily unemployment and social inequalities.
The book shows how Europe-wide interest groups formed and protesters were able to mobilize around key issues of integration. The authors convincingly argue that the growth of contentious social movements has also been nourished by the EU policy process itself, which leaves more room for interest groups and protest politics than for political parties and representative democracy. An essential primer on European democracy, this study will be invaluable for scholars and students in European politics and public policy, globalization and democracy, and comparative social movements.
Richard Balme is professor at Sciences Po, Paris, and at the School of Government, Peking University. Didier Chabanet is Fernand Braudel Senior Research Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence. He is also research fellow at the Ecole Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'Etat and associate research fellow at the Ecole Normale Supérieure (Lettres et Sciences Humaines) in Lyon.
Introduction
Chapter 1: Approaching Collective Action
Chapter 2: Collective Action and Civil Society in Europe
Chapter 3: The Making of a Polity: Interests' Mobilization around European Institutions
Chapter 4: European Integration and Varieties of Capitalism: The Brussels Consensus
Chapter 5: The European Burden: Unemployment and Political Behavior
Chapter 6: Beyond State Building: Centers and Peripheries in the European Union
Chapter 7: Collective Action and New Rights
Chapter 8: Interests' Mobilization in the Constitutionalization of Europe
Chapter 9: The Regulation of Interest Groups in the European Union
Conclusion: European Democracy and Social Justice
Bibliography
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 13.7.2008 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Governance in Europe Series |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 154 x 228 mm |
| Gewicht | 426 g |
| Themenwelt | Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7425-2935-5 / 0742529355 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7425-2935-9 / 9780742529359 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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