EU civil society : patterns of cooperation, competition and conflict /: patterns of cooperation, competition and conflict. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: European Union civil society
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Håkan Johansson and Sara Kalm.
• Editors: Johansson, Håkan, 1972-; Kalm, Sara, 1974-
• Contents: 1. Thinking relationally: questions, themes and perspectives for the study of EU civil society -- 2. Changes in the field of EU civil society organisations: institutionalisation, differentiation and challengers -- 3. Informational capital: how it is developed and used by CSOs and EU institutions -- 4. Competing capital logics in the field of EU-level CSOs: 'autonomy from' or 'interconnectedness with' the EU -- 5. From coalition to community: collective identity formation in the social platform -- 6. Exploring competition and cooperation among EU-based international solidarity civil society organisations: the relevance of values, resources and external support -- 7. Conflict and cooperation: interactions among EU-level civil society organisations in the field of gender equality -- 8. Sex workers' rights movement and the EU: challenging the new European prostitution policy model -- 9. The formation of an EU-based CSO: a case study of the platform for international cooperation on undocumented migrants -- 10. The effect of the European citizens' initiative in the field of European civil society -- 11. Civil dialogue and the citizens' initiative: accounting for collaboration and competition using the advocacy coalition framework and the strategic action field -- 12. The European citizens' initiative stage: a snapshot of the cast and their acts -- 13. Fields with fields? Concluding remarks on the relationships between the European civil society and the EU bureaucratic fields.
• Publisher Details: Houndmills, Basingstoke Hampshire New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 273 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 306.2094; Political science; Civil society -- European Union countries; Political participation -- European Union countries; Democracy -- European Union countries; Civil society; Democracy; Political participation; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Social Science -- General; Political Science -- General; Sociology; Cultural studies; Politics & government; Political science & theory; Economic development; Political sociology; European Union; Social Science -- Developing Countries; Development studies; Europe -- European Union countries; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137500724; 1137500727
• Related ISBNs: 9781137500700; 1137500700
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-267) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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