Europe and Civil Society: Movement Coalitions and European GovernanceEurope and Civil Society provides an in-depth examination of how public interest groups and social movements seek to influence the European policy-making process. The book is based on a comparison of the role of networks of activists and their allies--broadly defined as Movement Advocacy Coalitions--in influencing decision-making at the European Union level in three specific areas of policy-making: environmentalism, anti-racism and ethno-nationalist regionalism. It draws on systematic documentary analysis and an extensive series of interviews with activists and institutional actors to examine the role of public interest organizations in these three areas. This focus reflects topical societal concerns and facilitates new insights into the study of European policy-making, political sociology, and social movement research. |
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| Title | Europe and Civil Society: Movement Coalitions and European Governance Europe in Change |
| Author | Carlo Ruzza |
| Editors | Emil Kirchner, Thomas Christiansen |
| Contributors | Emil Kirchner, Thomas Christiansen |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Manchester University Press, 2004 |
| ISBN | 0719061776, 9780719061776 |
| Length | 221 pages |
| Subjects | › › Political Science / Intergovernmental Organizations Political Science / International Relations / General Political Science / Public Policy / General Social Science / General |
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