Table Of ContentPalgrave Studies in European Political Sociology
Edited by
Carlo Ruzza, Department of Sociology, University of Leicester, UK
Hans-Jörg Trenz, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Mauro Barisione, University of Milan, Italy
Neil Fligstein, University of California, US
Virginie Guiraudon, National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France
Dietmar Loch, University of Grenoble, France
Chris Rumford, Department of Politics and International Relations, Royal
Holloway, University of London, UK
Maarten P. Vink, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands
Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology addresses contemporary themes in
the field of Political Sociology. Over recent years, attention has turned increas-
ingly to processes of Europeanization and globlaisation and the social and
political spaces that are opened by them. These processes comprise both insti-
tutional-constitutional change and new dynamics of social transnationalism.
Europeanization and globalization are also about changing power relations as
they affect people’s lives, social networks and forms of mobility.
The P algrave Studies in European Political Sociology series addresses linkages between
regulation, institution building and the full range of societal repercussions at
local, regional, national, European and global level, and will sharpen under-
standing of changing patterns of attitudes and behaviours of individuals and
groups, the political use of new rights and opportunities by citizens, new conflict
lines and coalitions, societal interactions and networking, and shifting loyalties
and solidarity within and across the European space. We welcome proposals from
across the spectrum of Political Sociology including on dimensions of citizen-
ship; political attitudes and values; political communication and public spheres;
states, communities, governance structure and political institutions; forms
of political participation; populism and the radical right; and democracy and
democratization.
Titles include :
Luis Bouza Garcia
PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE EU
Agenda-Setting and Institutionalisation 1997–2012
Andreas Müller
GOVERNING MOBILITY BEYOND THE STATE
Centre, Periphery and the EU’s External Borders
Apostolis Papakostas
CIVILIZING THE PUBLIC SPHERE
Distrust, Trust and Corruption
Armando Salvatore, Oliver Schmidtke and Hans-Jörg Trenz ( editors )
RETHINKING THE PUBLIC SPHERE THROUGH TRANSNATIONALIZING
PROCESSES
Europe and Beyond
Matthias Kortmann and Kerstin Rosenow-Williams
ISLAMIC ORGANIZATIONS IN EUROPE AND THE USA
A Multidisciplinary Perspective
Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology
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Agenda-Setting and Institutionalisation
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Contents
List of Figures viii
List of Tables ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgements x v
List of Abbreviations xvi
1 T he Contribution of Civil Society to Bridging the Gap with
EU Citizens: Reviewing a Decade of Debate 1
2 F rom the Regulation of Lobbies to Participatory Democracy:
Agenda Setting and Civil Society in the EU 19
3 I nterpretive Frames in the Agenda-Setting Process, 1997–2003 41
4 N etworking and Alliances 7 0
5 O rganised Civil Society and the Convention’s Agenda 8 3
6 I nfluence on the Agenda and Field Effects 99
7 T he Development of the Participatory Agenda in the
Aftermath of the Convention (2003–2011):
Consultation and Direct Participation 1 15
8 A ssessing the Contribution of Participation to Legitimacy 130
9 A Decade of Debate on Participatory Democracy 144
Annexes 1 58
Annex 1 List of interviews 158
Annex 2 List of EU level organisations and available data 160
Annex 3 Coding matrices 162
Annex 4 Networking questionnaire 166
Annex 5 Network analysis method and data sources 168
Annex 6 Evidence of origin pilot and actual ECIs 171
Annex 7 In- and out degrees 178
Notes 180
References 182
Index 197
vii
List of Figures
3.1 Evolution of the civil society organisations’ references 4 2
3.2 Position of civil society organisations in the EU
institutional architecture 42
3.3 Organisations referring to the role of civil society
organisations in EU integration 47
3.4 Position on role of CSO by type of organisation 4 9
3.5 Number of organisations referring to characteristics of
legitimate actors 51
3.6 Number of organisations referring to rationale for
consultation 57
3.7 Rationales of civil society participation 61
4.1 Network relations 71
4.2 Closeness centrality in the network 77
4.3 EU organisations’ correlation clustering 79
4.4 Common action network 81
5.1 Topics of amendments on participatory democracy 87
viii
List of Tables
4.1 Alliance membership of organisations demanding a
legal base for consultation 7 2
4.2 Number of civil society organisations contributing to
each consultation process 7 3
4.3 Centrality measures 7 5
4.4 Core–periphery density matrix 7 6
6.1 Organisations’ position on representativeness criteria 108
6.2 Number of position papers making points on
representation 1 08
3A.1 Coding presence: conceptions of civil society in the EU 163
3A.2 Coding presence: conception of participation 1 64
3A.3 Coding presence: demands in relation to
institutionalisation 1 65
5A.1 Evidence of networking between organisations beyond
questionnaires 1 69
6A.1 Pilot initiatives 1 71
6A.2 Registered European citizens’ initiatives since the
entry into force 1 73
6A.3 Initiatives rejected at registration 1 76
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