PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE EU/ AGENDA

The European Union's official internet portal still highlights how the mechanisms of the Lisbon Treaty for participation through org anized civil society and citizens contributes to making the EU more democratic and transparent. Luis Bouza Garcia analyzes the insti tutionalization of these participatory mechanisms by asking what EU institutions and civil society organizations were trying to achi eve in the agenda setting process. This book explores the democratic potential of these mechanisms by analyzing the discourses and a ctivism ...[Read more]