Abstract: One of the favourite terms in the public language of the Constitutional Convention was 'civil society'. References abound to the need to listen to citizens' views (CONV 14/02, 25 March 2002), to the importance of establishing 'a genuine dialogue … with civil society' (CONV 7/02, 11 March 2002), and to the intention of using civil society's contributions 'as input into the debate' (Laeken Declaration). The aim of this chapter is to explore the extent to which these promising claims were put into practice in the deliberative process of the Convention in order to assess whether there was a substantive shift on the part of the Union towards the creation of a more democratic and pluralistic European public sphere.KeywordsCivil SocietyCivil Society OrganisationSocial PartnerPlenary SessionContact GroupThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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