Making European Citizens Civic Inclusion in a Transnational Context [Hardcover]

Making European Citizens examines the forms of transnational citizenship developing in Europe. Active citizenship involves more than simply voting. Achieving mobilization at a transnational level may involve new democratic techniques and skills. The volume explores how far European citizens have acquired the requisite methods and qualities.Preface Notes on Contributors Introduction: From National to Transnational Citizenship; R.Bellamy, D.Castiglione & J.Shaw PART I: CITIZENS' DEMOCRATIC STANDING AND RIGHTS OF PARTICIPATION The Contested Case of EU Voting Rights; A.Connolly, S.Day & J.Shaw EU Citizenship and the Principle of Affectedness; C.Hilson We the Citizens? Representation and Participation in EU Constitutional Politics; D.Castiglione PART II: CITIZENS' VOICE AND INTERESTS Transitional Political Parties; S.Day & J.Shaw Making Citizens from the Market? NGOs and the Representation of Interests; A.Warleigh Legitimising EU Regulation: Procedural Accountability, Participation, or Better Consultation?; I.Bartle PART III: CITIZENS' MOBILIZATION AND OPPORTUNITIES Lesson Learning and the 'Civil Society of Interests'; N.P?rez-S?lorzano Borrog?n Local Mobilisation and Supranational Standards; C.F.Stychin Local Strategies for Civic Inclusion in a European Context: The Roma in the Czech Republic; M.Castle-Kanerova & B.Jordan PART IV: DEMOCRATIC CITIZENSHIP IN A DEMOCRATIC EUROPE? Civic Competence and Identity in the European Polity; D.N.Chryssochoou Between Past and Future: The Democratic Limits of EU Citizenship; R.Bellamy Index

'The book is well written and gives the reader a new way of approaching European citizenship highly recommended.' - Political Studies Review

'Extremely timely a genuinely informative book, which helps to enhance our understanding of the obstacles to participation, representation and identity formation within the EU highly recommended.' - Journal of Common Market Studies

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