Participatory Governance in the EU
Enhancing or Endangering Democracy and Efficiency?
Authors: Lindgren, K., Persson, T.
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An empirical assessment of whether participatory governance reforms within the EU enhance or endanger democracy. Many consider allowing civil society to take an active role in EU policy-making to offer the most effective means of enhancing democracy in the EU, whereas others argue that such attempts deepen the EU's democratic deficit.
- About the authors
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KARL-OSKAR LINDGREN is Researcher at the Department of Government, Uppsala University, Sweden. His research interests include the involvement of civil society and interest groups in EU politics and comparative political economy. His research has appeared in journals such as European Union Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Journal of European Public Policy, and Social Networks.
THOMAS PERSSON is Associate Professor at the Department of Government, Uppsala University, Sweden. His research interests include the involvement of civil society and interest groups in European Union politics and the impact of European integration on national political systems. His recent publications include the co-edited volume The Illusion of Accountability in the European Union (2009).
- Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Participatory Governance: Promises and Pitfalls
Pages 1-21
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Assessing Participatory Governance — A Survey Approach
Pages 22-39
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The Structure of Political Contestation
Pages 40-65
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Opportunities for Participation and Access to Information: Adequate and Equal?
Pages 66-83
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Chances to Influence Policy: Equal and Effective?
Pages 84-105
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Participatory Governance in the EU
- Book Subtitle
- Enhancing or Endangering Democracy and Efficiency?
- Authors
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- K. Lindgren
- T. Persson
- Series Title
- Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics
- Copyright
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Copyright Holder
- Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
- eBook ISBN
- 978-0-230-34779-3
- DOI
- 10.1057/9780230347793
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-0-230-24178-7
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-349-31746-2
- Series ISSN
- 2662-5873
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- IX, 162
- Topics
