Civil Society and Transitions in the Western Balkans
DOI: 10.1057/9781137296252.0008
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The European Commission, Enlargement Policy and Civil Society in the Western Balkans

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“…Second, the findings question the critique of CS strengthening programs, which argues that technocratic and professional approaches inhibit civic agency (Harriss 2001;O'Brennan 2013). In this light, it is surprising that the 'representative' CSOs with high levels of local support and low levels of donor support use expertise the most as an advocacy strategy.…”
Section: Revisiting Legitimacy and Civic Agencymentioning
confidence: 93%
“…Second, the findings question the critique of CS strengthening programs, which argues that technocratic and professional approaches inhibit civic agency (Harriss 2001;O'Brennan 2013). In this light, it is surprising that the 'representative' CSOs with high levels of local support and low levels of donor support use expertise the most as an advocacy strategy.…”
Section: Revisiting Legitimacy and Civic Agencymentioning
confidence: 93%
“…While EU support has encouraged the professionalization of the civil society sector in the enlargement region and increased formal interactions between state actors and NGOs, new rules for civil society inclusion remain only partially implemented and a hierarchical model of policy‐making prevails (Fagan and Wunsch, ). On the other hand, the Commission's overly instrumental approach in its dealings with local organizations (Fagan, ; O'Brennan, ) has been shown to result at best in their ‘bounded empowerment’ (Sudbery, ) and, at worst, to favour a disconnect between NGOs and their local constituencies (Bojičić‐Dželilović et al ., ). Investigating an alternative dimension of civil society empowerment, this article shifts the analytical perspective from EU‐driven dynamics towards transnational learning and exchanges between activists from different enlargement rounds, asking: to what extent can transnational learning foster civil society empowerment in the EU enlargement process?…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%