Civil society and EU democracy: 'astroturf' representation?

被引：90

作者：

Kohler-Koch, Beate ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Mannheim, D-68131 Mannheim, Germany

来源：

JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN PUBLIC POLICY | 2010年 / 17卷 / 01期

关键词：

Democratic deficit; European civil society; participatory governance; representation;

D O I：

10.1080/13501760903464986

中图分类号：

D0 [政治学、政治理论];

学科分类号：

0302 ; 030201 ;

摘要：

The growing uneasiness about the democratic deficit of the European Union (EU) has incited politicians and academics alike to look for remedies other than institutional reforms and giving more powers to the European Parliament. Strategies of 'good governance' shifted centre stage and the governance turn initiated a lively discourse on the democratic credentials of involving civil society. This article presents the changing views on the role of civil society in EU discourse. Al though the Commission and even the Constitutional Convention put high hopes on the legitimacy input of civil society, a representation discourse is conspicuously absent. The article introduces an analytical framework to assess the contributions and limitations of civil society to democratic representation in EU governance.

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页码：100 / 116

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