Europeanizing Civil Society: How the EU Shapes Civil Society Organizations

This book brings Europeanisation studies closer to society by providing a sociologically-informed analysis, which challenges current assumptions and highlights neglected areas of study.

This book also addresses many of the methodological challenges in the empirical study of the Europeanisation of interest groups, including a comparative analysis over a long time period. The book provides a comparison across three countries, France, UK and Spain, and two policy sectors, international solidarity and social CSOs.

Contents:
Introduction
1. The Europeanization of CSOs, Institutional Impact or Strategic Action?

Part I: Domestic Civil Society under EU pressure
2. Domestic Civil Society, National or European?
3. A European Policy for CSOs? Exploring European Political Opportunities
4. European Opportunities: Institutional Factors and Creative Usages

Part II: Europeanizing Civil Society Organizations through political opportunities
5. EU funding of CSOs: From New Public to New Civic Management?
6. CSOs and Identity Building: Cheerleaders for European Integration?
7. The Europeanization of CSOs Participation: Beyond the Brussels Consensus.

Conclusion: The Political Construction of European Civil Society: Legitimate and Democratic?