WP48 Responsible

[ISF-29] - Institute for Social Research (Oslo)

WP48 Responsible for Spread of Excellence

[ISF-29] - Institute for Social Research (Oslo)

WP48 Objectives

Explore possibilities for collaborative research on citizens’ participation in a European network civil society

WP48 Description of work

Explore theoretical and empirical approaches to Europeanization of civil society:

• How do civil society organizations mediate particular and general interest across levels of governance and across sectors?

• How do civil society organizations occupy opportunities for participation and involvement in EU-decision-making) 
• What is the shape of the networks in which civil society organizations operate in relation to European policy fields and issues?
• What kind of social capital is developed to occupy network positions and to expand social relations?
• How and by which conductive mechanisms do civil society organizations enable citizens’ participation and involvement in European policy-making as well as their inclusion through communication and information?
• How and to what extent do civil society organizations become Europeanized by the play of their integration into European networks?
• How do civil society organizations contribute to the legitimacy of European integration? What kind of visions of the EU as a legitimate order is promoted within civil society?

WP48 Participants

• [ISF-29] - Institute for Social Research (Oslo)
• [NPO-6] - Institut für interdisziplinäre Nonprofit Forschung an der Wirtschaftuniversität Wien (Vienna)
• [UNITN-24] - University of Trento, Department of Sociology and Social Research (Trento)

WP48 Documents

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