Deliberate or Emancipate? Civil Society Participation in Trade Policy: The Case of the CARIFORUM–EU EPA

Montoute, Annita

doi:10.1007/s11266-015-9640-9

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“…CSOs have also been found to facilitate and enhance collective action at a local scale (Ostrom 2015). Participatory democracy theory connects participation with greater levels of political efficacy (Montoute 2016). This is because participation increases citizens' political awareness, increases efficacy and empowerment, and promotes a more equal and more stable society (Hilmer 2010;Montoute 2016).…”

Section: Civic Agency: Participatory or Transactional Capacities?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Participatory democracy theory connects participation with greater levels of political efficacy (Montoute 2016). This is because participation increases citizens' political awareness, increases efficacy and empowerment, and promotes a more equal and more stable society (Hilmer 2010;Montoute 2016). However, many critiques of CS strengthening programs conclude that these outcomes rarely happen due to the low legitimacy of donor-supported CSOs with citizens.…”

Section: Civic Agency: Participatory or Transactional Capacities?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This literature sees the relevance in whether CSOs possess the 'resources and skills to gain a voice in the public sphere' (Rikmann and Keedus 2013, p. 161). Finally, a transactional approach is of interest because CSOs have been found to have influence to the extent that they bring resources lacking but sought by states (Fagan 2010, p. 73;Montoute 2016). As a result, these dynamics regarding capacities might have broader applicability regarding the impact of CS strengthening programs on governance in other democratizing polities.…”

Section: Civic Agency: Participatory or Transactional Capacities?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The expertise applied by this group of CSOs is related to their ability to engage in formal state processes via an understanding of legal and administrative systems, which is strengthened by traditional professional qualifications. Expertise can be a resource by which CSOs gain influence if it is sought by the state (Fagan 2010, p. 73;Montoute 2016). Yet the expertise sought was rarely provided by the 'donor darling' CSOs but rather was most often by the 'representative' CSOs, which were the least involved in donor programs.…”

Section: Revisiting Legitimacy and Civic Agencymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Civic Agency in Governance: The Role of Legitimacy with Citizens vs. Donors

Puljek-Shank

2018

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Civil society strengthening programs aim to foster democratic governance by supporting civil society organization (CSO) engagement in advocacy. However, critics claim that these programs foster apolitical and professional organizations that have weak political effects because they do not mobilize citizen participation. This literature focuses on how donor programs lead to low legitimacy of CSOs with citizens, limiting the means to develop agency toward the state. Here I investigate the influence of CSO legitimacy with donors and citizens on civic agency. Empirical research was conducted in Bosnia-Herzegovina on CSOs considered legitimate by donors, citizens, and both. I found that different forms of legitimacy were associated with different strategies and agency. CSOs with both forms of legitimacy, which have not received much attention until now, turned out to be of particular interest. These CSOs demonstrated agency as intermediaries between donors, government, and citizens, which enabled greater agency and broader outcomes.

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Section: Civic Agency: Participatory or Transactional Capacities?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Civic Agency: Participatory or Transactional Capacities?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Civic Agency: Participatory or Transactional Capacities?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Revisiting Legitimacy and Civic Agencymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Civic Agency in Governance: The Role of Legitimacy with Citizens vs. Donors

Puljek-Shank

2018

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“…The role of civil society in governing the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has also been questioned (Bishop et al 2013;Bowen 2013;Girvan 2010Girvan , 2012Hinds-Harrison 2013;Montoute 2016). Civil society groups have also been criticized for their involvement in regional integration mechanisms, such as the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), with Bowen (2013) arguing that they deliver services, build communities and promote sustainable development, but that their weak organizational capacity and leadership prevents them from fully participating in regional governance.…”

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Transnational social capital: the socio‐spatialities of civil society

Peck

2019

Global Networks

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Civil society remains a contested concept, but one that is widely embedded in global development processes. Transnationalism within civil society scholarship is often described dichotomously, either through hierarchical dependency relations or as a more amorphous networked global civil society. These two contrasting spatial imaginaries produce very particular ideas about how transnational relations contribute to civil society. Drawing on empirical material from research with civil society organizations in Barbados and Grenada, in this article I contend that civil society groups use forms of transnational social capital in their work. This does not, however, resonate with the horizontal relations associated with grassroots globalization or vertical chains of dependence. These social relations are imbued with power and agency and are entangled in situated historical, geographical and personal contexts. I conclude that the diverse transnational social relations that are part of civil society activity offer hope and possibilities for continued civil society action in these unexpected spatial arrangements.

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Trade Agreements with ACP Countries

Poletti

Sicurelli

2018

The Political Economy of Normative Trade Power Europe

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Deliberate or Emancipate? Civil Society Participation in Trade Policy: The Case of the CARIFORUM–EU EPA

Cited by 6 publications

References 23 publications

Civic Agency in Governance: The Role of Legitimacy with Citizens vs. Donors

Civic Agency in Governance: The Role of Legitimacy with Citizens vs. Donors

Transnational social capital: the socio‐spatialities of civil society

Trade Agreements with ACP Countries

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