Institutional instruments for citizen involvement and participation: Their impact on the EU’s political processes and institutional legitimacy Book Chapter

Thiel, M, Petrescu, O. (2016). Institutional instruments for citizen involvement and participation: Their impact on the EU’s political processes and institutional legitimacy . 9-39. 10.1007/978-3-319-41381-5_2

cited authors

  • Thiel, M; Petrescu, O

authors

abstract

  • The first part of the chapter analyzes the evolution of enshrining the political rights of Europeans, mentioning also the main policy measures adopted in order to involve citizens in EU governance and finally paying special attention to relevant legal and political tools given to citizens and Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to participate in the political life of the European Union. The second part evaluates the impact of these tools on policy-makers and citizens. Based on the actual implementation record thus far, the authors’ evaluation of these measures for an increase of legitimacy of the Union is quite mixed.

publication date

  • January 1, 2016

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

start page

  • 9

end page

  • 39