Citizens in Europe
Giovanni Moro
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Description for Citizens in Europe
Hardback. The first part of this book focuses on ways in which the literature on EU governance and citizenship and participatory democracy deals with citizen activism in public policy making. The second part reports on research projects on civic activism in Europe. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCP; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 496.
In the Community-building process, citizens are the most invoked and feared, but at the same time the least known subject. This lack of knowledge nourishes the citizens’ detachment from the European Union and itself emerged in well known cases such as the French and Dutch referenda on the Constitutional Treaty or the public concern towards the EU policy on immigration. This gap is true especially for active citizenship organizations operating in the European policy making, not only in Brussels, but also and above all at national and local levels, and this book is aimed at filling this knowledge gap. The book ... Read more
In the Community-building process, citizens are the most invoked and feared, but at the same time the least known subject. This lack of knowledge nourishes the citizens’ detachment from the European Union and itself emerged in well known cases such as the French and Dutch referenda on the Constitutional Treaty or the public concern towards the EU policy on immigration. This gap is true especially for active citizenship organizations operating in the European policy making, not only in Brussels, but also and above all at national and local levels, and this book is aimed at filling this knowledge gap. The book ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
Number of Pages
210
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461419419
SKU
V9781461419419
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About Giovanni Moro
Giovanni Moro is a political sociologist engaged in research, training, cultural dialogue and advice on citizenship, civic activism in public policies, new forms of governance and corporate responsibility. He has been president of FONDACA, a European think-tank, since its establishment, in 2001. He teaches Sociology of Political Phenomena and Sociology of European Integration at the Faculty of Political Sciences of ... Read more
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