Introduction

Christiansen, Thomas; Jørgensen, Knud Erik; Wiener, Antje

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“…EU institutions consider NGOs as 'ideal partners' in the process of democracy-and civil society-building, especially as far as external relations and enlargement policies are concerned (European Commission 2000). As will become evident, a constructivist approach has shaped this qualitative research, since constructivism allows us to investigate the 'transformative impact' of the European project on agents' narratives, identity and preferences (Christiansen et al 2001;Checkel 2001). Europeanisation is defined here as an 'interactive process', which can concern people even 'without specific pressure from Brussels' (Radaelli 2004: 4).…”

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confidence: 99%

Civil Society and International Governance

Bello¹,

Armstrong²,

Gilson³

et al. 2010

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Section: Notesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Civil Society and International Governance

Bello¹,

Armstrong²,

Gilson³

et al. 2010

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“…This approach to the study of social phenomena and its utility in the broader study of European integration have been well documented (Christiansen et al, 2002). Moreover, there are a number of debates that relate to the precise relationship that exists between material and social structures, of which a cognitivist approach is just one (Price and Reus-Smit 1998).…”

Section: Eu Foreign Policy: a Novel Regime In International Relations?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Rethinking European Union foreign policy

Tonra¹,

Christiansen²

2004

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“…(see Rosamond, 2010;Christiansen et al, 2001;Kauppi, 2003;Niţoiu and Tomić, 2013.) The perspectives of language use, rhetoric and symbolic politics are central to the constructivist research agenda.…”

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Multilevel Governance and Participation: Interpreting Democracy in EU-programmes

Nousiainen

Mäkinen

2014

European Politics and Society

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This article offers an ethnographically oriented, interpretive approach for the research into the democratic qualities of multi-level governance (MLG). The complex and networked MLG arrangements, such as the EU's participatory policy practices, are changing the traditional roles of public administration and politics in ways we cannot yet fully foresee. Especially, the impact on democracy is subject to debate. With two case studies, this article seeks to shift the focus of the discussion on the democratic possibilities of MLG from theoretical analysis to empirical research into local and mundane experiences concerning EU policy implementation. The cases studied are the rural development programme LEADER and the youth policy programme Youth in Action. The studies suggest that the participation of NGOs or individual citizens cannot automatically be seen as a counterbalance to administration since the participants seem capable of adopting technocratic or administrative identities and roles. In addition, participatory practices may be geared to impacting on the participants instead of functioning as their democratic opportunity to impact on governance. Therefore, the paper suggests that the assessments of democracy should not only concentrate on the formal status of the participants: a credible democratic legitimation requires both the possibility and the will to act politically.

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Introduction

Cited by 46 publications

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Civil Society and International Governance

Civil Society and International Governance

Rethinking European Union foreign policy

Multilevel Governance and Participation: Interpreting Democracy in EU-programmes

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