Pregledni rad
The Look Towards the European Union of Civil Society: Civil Society in the Context of Europeanization
Danijel Baturina
orcid.org/0000-0002-9063-305X
; Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Sažetak
Civil society is the space between the family, the state and the market where citizens come together to promote their common interests. By expanding the importance of the European Union, the role of civil society and its interrelationship with the EU level becomes increasingly important issue. The paper deals with civil society in the context of Europeanization. Europeanization is used as an »umbrella term« that covers a multitude of meanings in terms of social, political, cognitive and even territorial meanings. We present the processes and mechanisms of Europeanization of civil society. Taking into account the key developments in the last decade as well as the concept of horizontal policies, the author discusses the context of Europeanization of civil society. Interrelationship of Europeanization and civil society is reviewed from the perspective of different approaches and ways of mutual relations of civil society and EU level from the aspect of governance and policy. This analysis allows a glance at the scope of Europeanization of civil society and examinations of the question whether we are on the threshold of something that we can call “The EU of Civil Society”.
Ključne riječi
civil society; Europeanization; EU; horizontal policy; governance
Hrčak ID:
152458
URI
Datum izdavanja:
4.12.2015.
Posjeta: 2.814 *