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Palgrave MacMillan EU Civil Society Patterns of Cooperation Competition and Conflict 2015 Edition by Sara Kalm, Hakan Johansson
This volume provides a novel and relational sociological approach to the study of EU civil society. It focuses on the interactions and interrelations between civil society actors and the forms of capital that structure the fields and sub-fields of EU civil society, through new and important empirical studies on organized EU civil society. Table of contents :- 1. Thinking Relationally: Questions, Themes And Perspectives For The Study Of EU Civil Society; Hakan Johansson And Sara Kalm PART I: TRENDS, INTERACTIONS AND POSITIONS WITHIN PLATFORMS OF CSOS 2. Changes In The Field Of Eu Civil Society Organizations: Institutionalization, Differentiation And Challengers; Carlo Ruzza 3. Informational Capital: How It Is Developed And Used By Csos And Eu Institutions; Stefan Bernhard 4. Competing Capital Logics In The Field Of Eu-Level Csos: Autonomy From Or Interconnectedness With The Eu?; Hakan Johansson And Jayeon Lee 5. From Coalition To Community: Collective Identification Formation In The Social Platform; Pauline Cullen 6. Exploring Competition And Cooperation Among Eu-Based International Solidarity Civil Society Organizations: The Relevance Of Values, Resources And External Support; Rosa Sanchez Salgado PART II: MEMBERSHIP AND IDENTITY STRUGGLES WITHIN AND BETWEEN EU-LEVEL CSOS 7. Conflict And Cooperation: Interactions Among Eu Level Civil Society Organisations In The Field Of Gender Equality; Ylva Stubbergaard 8. Sex Workers' Rights Movement And The Eu: Challenging The New European Prostitution Policy Model; Roberto Scaramuzzino And Gabriella Scaramuzzino 9. The Formation Of An Eu-Based Cso: A Case Study Of The Platform For International Cooperation On Undocumented Migrants; Denis Frank PART III: THE EUROPEAN CITIZENS' INITIATIVE: A NEW ARENA FOR CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISM? 10. The Effect Of The European Citizens Initiative In The Field Of European Civil Society; Luis Bouza Garcia 11. Civil Dialogue And The Citizens' Initiative: Accounting For Collaboration And Competition Using The Advocacy Coalition Framework And The Strategic Action Field; Justin Greenwood 12. The ECI Stage: A Snapshot Of The Cast And Their Acts; Elsa Hedling And Anna Meeuwisse 13. Fields With Fields? Concluding Remarks On The Relationships Between The European Civil Society And The EU Bureaucratic Fields; Didier Georgakakis