Civil Society Organizations’ Participation in the EU and Its Challenges for Democratic Representation

EU Public Policies and the Participation of Organized Civil Society

Inventing the People: Civil Society Participation and the Enhabitation of the EU

‘The political world of make-believe mingles with the real world in strange ways, for the make-believe world may often mold the real one. In order to be viable, in order to serve its purpose, whatever that purpose may be, a fiction must bear some resemblance to fact. If it strays too far from fact, the willing suspension of disbelief collapses. And conversely it may collapse if it strays too fa...

Interacting fruitfully with un-civil society the dilemma for non-civil society organizations

This paper acknowledges the quantity of research and evaluative studies that has been done on non-governmental organizations, civil society and third sector questions over the past decades and more recently in relation to Eastern Europe. However, in an effort to increase the policy relevance of future studies, it takes a critical stance with regard to the way these topics have been framed in th...

Civil Society and Cyber Society: The Role of the Internet in Community Associations and Democratic Politics

The Information Society An International Journal Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713669588 Civil Society and Cyber Society: The Role of the Internet in Community Associations and Democratic Politics Michael J. Jensen a; James N. Danziger a; Alladi Venkatesh a a CRITO (Center for Research on Inf...

the search for the self in becketts theatre: waiting for godot and endgame

this thesis is based upon the works of samuel beckett. one of the greatest writers of contemporary literature. here, i have tried to focus on one of the main themes in becketts works: the search for the real "me" or the real self, which is not only a problem to be solved for beckett man but also for each of us. i have tried to show becketts techniques in approaching this unattainable goal, base...