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Their Members' Voice : Civil Society Organisations in the European Union.

Av: Materialtyp: TextUtgivningsuppgift: Wiesbaden : Springer Vieweg. in Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, 2013Datum för upphovsrätt: ©2014Utgåva: 1st edBeskrivning: 1 online resource (302 pages)Innehållstyp:
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  • 9783658022136
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Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Two Stories about Civil Society Organisations -- 1.2 The Research Question -- 1.3 Defining Civil Society Organisations -- 1.4 Structure of the Study -- 2 The Representative Role of CSOs in Democracy - Origins of the Debate and the EU Context -- 2.1 The Contributions of CSOs to Democracy -- 2.1.1 The Tocquevillian Heritage - Education and Representation -- 2.1.2 The Representative Role of CSOs -- 2.1.3 Other Democratising Functions of CSOs -- 2.1.4 CSOs as a Threat to Democracy -- 2.1.5 The Representative Role of CSOs and the Sceptics -- 2.1.6 A Democratic Structure: Sine Qua Non for Contributing to Democratic Governance? -- 2.2 The Changing Perspective on CSOs in the EU Context -- 2.2.1 The Academic Debate - From an Analytical to a Normative Perspective -- 2.2.2 The EU's Democratic Deficit - Diagnoses and Remedies -- 2.2.3 CSOs as a Remedy for the Democratic Deficit -- 2.2.4 CSOs and Representation -- 2.2.5 Critical Voices -- 2.2.6 European Institutions and CSO Participation -- 2.3 Conceptualising and Operationalising CSO Representativeness - Combining Formal and Relational Aspects -- 2.3.1 Sketching CSO Representativeness - The Academic Debate -- 2.3.2 CSO Representativeness in the EU Context -- 2.3.3 A Two-Dimensional Framework for Investigating Representativeness -- 2.3.4 Analysing the Formal Dimension of CSO Representativeness -- 2.3.5 Analysing the Relational Dimension of CSO Representativeness -- 3 Methods, Case Selection, and the CSO Sample -- 3.1 Methodological Choices: A Qualitative, Explorative Study -- 3.1.1 Why Undertake A Case Study? - Advantages and Pitfalls -- 3.1.2 Research Methods and Data -- 3.1.3 The Interview Data -- 3.2 Case Selection: Policy Fields, CSOs, and Member Organisations.
3.2.1 Selecting EU Policy Fields: External Trade Policy and Security and Defence Policy -- 3.2.2 The Logic of the Case Selection -- 3.2.3 Selecting CSOs: Member-Based Umbrella Organisations with Institutional Access -- 3.2.4 The CSO Sample -- 3.2.5 Selecting CSOs for Detailed Analysis and Their Member Organisations -- 3.3 The CSO Sample and Professionalisation -- 3.4 The CSO Sample and the CSO Environment - Making the Connection -- 3.4.1 The CSO Sample and the CSO Population in the EU -- 3.4.2 The CSO Sample and the CSO Populations in ETP and CSDP -- 4 The Formal Dimension of CSO Representativeness -- 4.1 Organisational Form, Membership Structure, and Formal Internal Governance -- 4.1.1 Organisational Form -- 4.1.2 Membership Structure -- 4.1.3 Formal Rules for Internal Governance -- 4.2 Constituency Size and Geographic Scope -- 4.3 Summary and Discussion -- 5 The Relational Dimension of CSO Representativeness - Assessing Accountability, Participation, and Satisfaction -- 5.1 The Perspective of EU-Level Representatives -- 5.1.1 Accountability to Members -- 5.1.2 Member Participation -- 5.1.3 Staff Satisfaction -- 5.2 The Perspective of Member Organisations -- 5.2.1 The Relationship between Member Organisations and the EU-Level Offices -- 5.2.2 Accountability to Members -- 5.2.3 Member Participation -- 5.2.4 Member Satisfaction -- 5.3 Summary -- 6 Synthesis -- 6.1 Member Orientation versus Elite Rule -- 6.2 Active Minorities and Mass Apathy? -- 6.3 Functionality versus Equality of Representation -- 6.4 Lessons Learned from Comparisons -- 6.4.1 In-Depth Comparison of Three CSOs: What Lessons to Learn? -- 6.4.2 CSO Type as a Determinant of Differences in Representativeness? -- 6.4.3 Policy Field as a Determinant of Differences in Representativeness? -- 6.5 Institutional Demands, CSO Representativeness, and the Legitimacy of EU Policy-Making.
7 Conclusion -- 7.1 This Study's Key Findings -- 7.2 Implications for CSO Participation in the EU -- 7.3 Implications for the Functioning of the Transmission Belt Model -- 7.4 Assessing the Contribution of this Research -- References -- Appendix.
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Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Two Stories about Civil Society Organisations -- 1.2 The Research Question -- 1.3 Defining Civil Society Organisations -- 1.4 Structure of the Study -- 2 The Representative Role of CSOs in Democracy - Origins of the Debate and the EU Context -- 2.1 The Contributions of CSOs to Democracy -- 2.1.1 The Tocquevillian Heritage - Education and Representation -- 2.1.2 The Representative Role of CSOs -- 2.1.3 Other Democratising Functions of CSOs -- 2.1.4 CSOs as a Threat to Democracy -- 2.1.5 The Representative Role of CSOs and the Sceptics -- 2.1.6 A Democratic Structure: Sine Qua Non for Contributing to Democratic Governance? -- 2.2 The Changing Perspective on CSOs in the EU Context -- 2.2.1 The Academic Debate - From an Analytical to a Normative Perspective -- 2.2.2 The EU's Democratic Deficit - Diagnoses and Remedies -- 2.2.3 CSOs as a Remedy for the Democratic Deficit -- 2.2.4 CSOs and Representation -- 2.2.5 Critical Voices -- 2.2.6 European Institutions and CSO Participation -- 2.3 Conceptualising and Operationalising CSO Representativeness - Combining Formal and Relational Aspects -- 2.3.1 Sketching CSO Representativeness - The Academic Debate -- 2.3.2 CSO Representativeness in the EU Context -- 2.3.3 A Two-Dimensional Framework for Investigating Representativeness -- 2.3.4 Analysing the Formal Dimension of CSO Representativeness -- 2.3.5 Analysing the Relational Dimension of CSO Representativeness -- 3 Methods, Case Selection, and the CSO Sample -- 3.1 Methodological Choices: A Qualitative, Explorative Study -- 3.1.1 Why Undertake A Case Study? - Advantages and Pitfalls -- 3.1.2 Research Methods and Data -- 3.1.3 The Interview Data -- 3.2 Case Selection: Policy Fields, CSOs, and Member Organisations.

3.2.1 Selecting EU Policy Fields: External Trade Policy and Security and Defence Policy -- 3.2.2 The Logic of the Case Selection -- 3.2.3 Selecting CSOs: Member-Based Umbrella Organisations with Institutional Access -- 3.2.4 The CSO Sample -- 3.2.5 Selecting CSOs for Detailed Analysis and Their Member Organisations -- 3.3 The CSO Sample and Professionalisation -- 3.4 The CSO Sample and the CSO Environment - Making the Connection -- 3.4.1 The CSO Sample and the CSO Population in the EU -- 3.4.2 The CSO Sample and the CSO Populations in ETP and CSDP -- 4 The Formal Dimension of CSO Representativeness -- 4.1 Organisational Form, Membership Structure, and Formal Internal Governance -- 4.1.1 Organisational Form -- 4.1.2 Membership Structure -- 4.1.3 Formal Rules for Internal Governance -- 4.2 Constituency Size and Geographic Scope -- 4.3 Summary and Discussion -- 5 The Relational Dimension of CSO Representativeness - Assessing Accountability, Participation, and Satisfaction -- 5.1 The Perspective of EU-Level Representatives -- 5.1.1 Accountability to Members -- 5.1.2 Member Participation -- 5.1.3 Staff Satisfaction -- 5.2 The Perspective of Member Organisations -- 5.2.1 The Relationship between Member Organisations and the EU-Level Offices -- 5.2.2 Accountability to Members -- 5.2.3 Member Participation -- 5.2.4 Member Satisfaction -- 5.3 Summary -- 6 Synthesis -- 6.1 Member Orientation versus Elite Rule -- 6.2 Active Minorities and Mass Apathy? -- 6.3 Functionality versus Equality of Representation -- 6.4 Lessons Learned from Comparisons -- 6.4.1 In-Depth Comparison of Three CSOs: What Lessons to Learn? -- 6.4.2 CSO Type as a Determinant of Differences in Representativeness? -- 6.4.3 Policy Field as a Determinant of Differences in Representativeness? -- 6.5 Institutional Demands, CSO Representativeness, and the Legitimacy of EU Policy-Making.

7 Conclusion -- 7.1 This Study's Key Findings -- 7.2 Implications for CSO Participation in the EU -- 7.3 Implications for the Functioning of the Transmission Belt Model -- 7.4 Assessing the Contribution of this Research -- References -- Appendix.

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