EU Civil Society and the Crisis: Changing Channels and Organisational Patterns in European Transnational Civil Society

Woodward, Alison

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“…Earlier research on the impact of the austerity responses between 2007 and 2014 seemed to indicate that austerity measures primarily hit grassroots and member state level CSOs, and had a less direct impact on the transnational CSOs dependent on EU funding (Sanchez Salgado, 2017;Woodward, 2016). What we can conclude about transnational equality CSOs and their perspective on the development of gender equality in the last EP legislature of 2014-2019 in the changing environment is that the actors have maintained a presence on the stage despite the harsh winds.…”

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Adjusting venues and voices: populist and right-wing parties, the European Parliament and civil society equality organizations 2014–2019

Ahrens

Woodward

2020

European Politics and Society

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The European Parliament (EP) offers channels for policy input through committees, intragroups, and the commissioning of reports and studies. Civil society equality organizations (CSOs) promoting diversity, gender equality and sexual rights are among the actors using such channels. Today they experience severe cutbacks and direct attacks by populist and radical-right parties who increasingly gained electoral support in several member states. The trajectory on the supranational level is less clear. This article examines the question of whether the increase in populist and right-wing parties in the EP changed how supranational CSOs promoting (gender) equality used venues for making their voice heard in EP policy-making in the 2014-2019 legislature. We investigate the challenges to the relationships between the EP, its committees and political groups, and equality CSOs. Analysing documents and interviews with MEPs and CSOs, our findings show that in the changing political environment, CSOs have moved towards more informal channels of participation, thereby avoiding polarization and conflict and maintaining an effective presence on the political stage.

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Adjusting venues and voices: populist and right-wing parties, the European Parliament and civil society equality organizations 2014–2019

Ahrens

Woodward

2020

European Politics and Society

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“…Recent crises have also impacted gender equality alliances. The austerity responses between 2007 and 2014 primarily hit grassroots and member state-level CSOs and had a less direct impact on the transnational CSOs dependent on EU funding (Woodward, 2016). Yet, in light of austerity measures, the EWL changed its strategy to focus on policy issues where the EU still provided funding and simultaneously tried to secure support for organisational survival through other intergovernmental arenas (Cullen, 2015).…”

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Velvet triangles and more: alliances of supranational EU gender equality actors

Ahrens¹

2023

Handbook of Feminist Governance

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EU Civil Society and the Crisis: Changing Channels and Organisational Patterns in European Transnational Civil Society

Cited by 2 publications

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Adjusting venues and voices: populist and right-wing parties, the European Parliament and civil society equality organizations 2014–2019

Adjusting venues and voices: populist and right-wing parties, the European Parliament and civil society equality organizations 2014–2019

Velvet triangles and more: alliances of supranational EU gender equality actors

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