A contradiction in terms? NGOs, democracy, and European foreign and security policy

Joachim, Jutta; Dembinski, Matthias

doi:10.1080/13501763.2011.615204

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“…This strand, anchored in the work of Martha Finnemore, seeks to examine the role which networks of transnational advocacy activists play in mobilising around policy principles, in order to bring about change in other areas or arenas, usually human rights (e.g. Joachim and Dembinski, 2011). The second strand seeks to weave together rationalism and constructivism in 'rhetorical action', particularly in the commitment to EU enlargement (Schimmelfennig, 2003).…”

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Research Methods in European Union Studies

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Löfgren

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Section: Research Questions and Theoretical Positions: From Integratimentioning

confidence: 98%

Research Methods in European Union Studies

Lynggaard

Manners

Löfgren

2015

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“…NGOs and activists can also be helpful allies (or powerful enemies) of governments. They raise audience gains (or costs) and weaken (or strengthen) veto players (Oppermann and Ro¨ttsches 2010), even in defence policy (Joachim and Dembinski 2011).…”

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Foreign policy analysis, globalisation and non-state actors: state-centric after all?

Baumann

Stengel

2013

J Int Relat Dev

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“…Although individual scholars have attempted in recent years to introduce a governance perspective into the field of the CSDP (e.g., Webber et al 2004), they have focused almost exclusively on the Commission (Kirchner 2006), the Council bureaucracy (Vanhoonacker et al 2010) or networks between state representatives and EU bodies (Mérand et al 2010). Civil society groups, by comparison, have thus far received little attention (for exceptions, see Joachim and Dembinski 2011).…”

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Civil society and the European common security and defence policy

Dembinski

Joachim

2014

European Security

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The involvement of civil society organizations (CSOs) is widely regarded by students of the EU's domestic policy fields as enhancing transparency and accountability and, more generally, the democratic quality of political processes. This article explores the contribution of CSOs to the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy and assesses whether a democracy-enhancing effect of their involvement can also be demonstrated for this policy field. We analyse the contribution of CSOs based on two common models of democracy: the intergovernmental and the supranational model of democracy. We find that CSOs are indeed quite actively involved in the EU's security policy. With regard to their democracy-enhancing effects, however, our findings are rather mixed. While the engagement of CSOs does provide a remedy for the democratic deficits associated with intergovernmental decision-making, these organizations do not fully meet the demands posed by supranational governance.

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A contradiction in terms? NGOs, democracy, and European foreign and security policy

Cited by 28 publications

References 17 publications

Research Methods in European Union Studies

Research Methods in European Union Studies

Foreign policy analysis, globalisation and non-state actors: state-centric after all?

Civil society and the European common security and defence policy

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