Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Saurugger, Sabine
• van Deth, Jan W.
• Maloney, William A.

Titel

The Professionalization of the EU's Civil Society: A Conceptual Framework

Ist Teil von

• New Participatory Dimensions in Civil Society, 2012, p.69-83

Auflage

1

Ort / Verlag

Routledge

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Numerous studies conducted on non-state actors in the European Union have led to an in-depth and detailed understanding of day-to-day politics and policy processes taking place in Brussels (for an overview see Beyers et al. 2008b). The recent accent in political and academic work on the EU's legitimacy deficit has led to new puzzles for research in this area. This development mirrors a turn in comparative political studies more generally where one of the main questions is whether the involvement of non-state actors improves the democratic character of a political system or hinders its development.