This multi-disciplinary book captures the evolving practices of European civil society that stretch across the local, national, European and global realm. It consolidates existing research and reviews its conceptual, normative and empirical-analytical foundations.
This multi-disciplinary book captures the evolving practices of European civil society that stretch across the local, national, European and global re...
For the European Union of the 21st century, the search for sustainable prosperity and stability includes the challenge of reconciling democratic ideals and practices with the construction of a European constitutional order. From the 2001 Laeken Summit to the 2009 Lisbon Treaty and beyond EU leaders have repeatedly set out to bring citizens closer to EU governance by making it more democratic and effective yet several national ratification referendums have shown that publics are divided about whether and why to endorse or veto complex EU reform packages imposed from the top down. Despite these...
For the European Union of the 21st century, the search for sustainable prosperity and stability includes the challenge of reconciling democratic ideal...
For the European Union of the 21st century, the search for sustainable prosperity and stability includes the challenge of reconciling democratic ideals and practices with the construction of a European constitutional order. From the 2001 Laeken Summit to the 2009 Lisbon Treaty and beyond EU leaders have repeatedly set out to bring citizens closer to EU governance by making it more democratic and effective yet several national ratification referendums have shown that publics are divided about whether and why to endorse or veto complex EU reform packages imposed from the top down. Despite...
For the European Union of the 21st century, the search for sustainable prosperity and stability includes the challenge of reconciling democratic ideal...
