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Civil Society Organizations' Participation in the EU and Its Challenges for Democratic Representation
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Abstract "Online consultations and the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) are tools that have been put into place by the European Union (EU) in order to increase the participation of citizens and Civil Society Organizations (CSO) in its politics and policy making. The current CSO representation at the syste... view more
"Online consultations and the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) are tools that have been put into place by the European Union (EU) in order to increase the participation of citizens and Civil Society Organizations (CSO) in its politics and policy making. The current CSO representation at the system level of the EU is claimed to be biased in favor of the interests of economic producers and CSOs coming from old member states. The central question of this article is whether these tools help make participation more representative of the diversity of societal groups within the EU. The concept of 'actor representativeness' as well as 'discourse representativeness' will be applied in order to answer this question." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
EU; civil society; representativity; discourse; political participation; social actor; representative democracy; citizens' participation; citizens' action committee
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
European Politics
Free Keywords
European Citizens' Initiative; online consultations; participatory democracy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 27-39
Journal
Politics and Governance, 4 (2016) 4
Issue topic
Multidisciplinary Studies in Politics and Governance
ISSN
2183-2463
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution