EU - do you hear me? the role of civil society organisations in the democratisation of the European Union

The purpose of this thesis is to analyse the role of civil society organisations in enhancing the democracy of the European Union. The question is studied within the framework of discursive democracy, which draws its inspiration from the theory of communicative action by Jürgen Habermas. The researc...

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Main Author: Tykkyläinen, Saila
Other Authors: Yhteiskuntatieteellinen tiedekunta, Faculty of Social Sciences, Yhteiskuntatieteiden ja filosofian laitos, Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylän yliopisto
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2009
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description The purpose of this thesis is to analyse the role of civil society organisations in enhancing the democracy of the European Union. The question is studied within the framework of discursive democracy, which draws its inspiration from the theory of communicative action by Jürgen Habermas. The research material is consisted of communication policy initiatives of the European Commission and statements of a European network of civil society organisations, the Active citizenship network. I elaborated the question through the concepts of public sphere, horizontal subsidiarity, and a political role of the civil society organisations. Also the contradiction found between citizens' direct participation and the intermediatory role of the civil society organisations (hereafter CSOs), turned out to be a central dimension for the study. The analysis shows that the aspirations of the Commission and the Active citizenship network (hereafter ACN) diverge considerably considering the premises and goals of CSOs' participation within the EU polity. The Commission wants to form partnerships with them, to enhance the quality of its policy-output, and to reach out for its citizens. The ACN, on the other hand, sees organisations as key actors in policy-making, and seeks a strong role for them. However, both parties favor representative democracy. Consequently, neither of them introduce direct participation channels for citizens nor pay due attention to the communicative aspect of democracy. To conclude, I end up suggesting that in order to bring the citizens back in politics without putting their autonomy in danger, and to ensure the political influence of both CSOs and citizens, autonomous public spheres and the guidelines provided by the horizontal subsidiarity should be combined. This way the democratic practices based on unrestricted communication of citizens would cover the whole policy-circle, from the policyformulation to the evaluation of policies.
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spellingShingle Tykkyläinen, Saila EU - do you hear me? : the role of civil society organisations in the democratisation of the European Union Euroopan unioni civil society organisation discursive democracy deliberative democracy public sphere horizontal subsidiarity Valtio-oppi Political Science 208 kansalaisyhteiskunta kansalaisjärjestöt deliberatiivinen demokratia demokratia subsidiariteetti
title EU - do you hear me? : the role of civil society organisations in the democratisation of the European Union
title_alt Role of civil society organisations in the democratisation of the European Union
title_full EU - do you hear me? : the role of civil society organisations in the democratisation of the European Union
title_fullStr EU - do you hear me? : the role of civil society organisations in the democratisation of the European Union EU - do you hear me? : the role of civil society organisations in the democratisation of the European Union
title_full_unstemmed EU - do you hear me? : the role of civil society organisations in the democratisation of the European Union EU - do you hear me? : the role of civil society organisations in the democratisation of the European Union
title_short EU - do you hear me?
title_sort eu do you hear me the role of civil society organisations in the democratisation of the european union
title_sub the role of civil society organisations in the democratisation of the European Union
title_txtP EU - do you hear me? : the role of civil society organisations in the democratisation of the European Union
topic Euroopan unioni civil society organisation discursive democracy deliberative democracy public sphere horizontal subsidiarity Valtio-oppi Political Science 208 kansalaisyhteiskunta kansalaisjärjestöt deliberatiivinen demokratia demokratia subsidiariteetti
topic_facet 208 Euroopan unioni Political Science Valtio-oppi civil society organisation deliberatiivinen demokratia deliberative democracy demokratia discursive democracy horizontal subsidiarity kansalaisjärjestöt kansalaisyhteiskunta public sphere subsidiariteetti
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