TY - BOOK AU - Smismans,Stijn TI - Civil society and legitimate European governance SN - 1843769468 (hbk.) PY - 2006/// CY - Cheltenham, UK PB - Edward Elgar KW - Civil society KW - European Union countries KW - Congresses KW - Legitimacy of governments KW - Political participation KW - Politics and government N1 - Based on a workshop organized at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris in May 2003; Includes bibliographical references and index; Civil society and European governance : from concepts to research agenda; Stijn Smismans --; Democracy in the European Union : why and how combine representation and participation?; Paul Magnette --; Inclusive governance? civil society and the open method of co-ordination; Kenneth A. Armstrong --; Civil society and legitimate governance in a flexible Europe : critical deliberativism as a way forward; Alex Warleigh --; Group Litigation before the European Court of Justice; Olivier De Schutter --; Civil Society organisations and participatory administration : a challenge to EU administrative law?; Carol Harlow --; When EU civil society complains : civil society organisations and ombudsmanship at the European level; Peter Bonnor --; European institutions and the policy discourse of organised civil society; Carlo Ruzza --; Comparing civil society participation in European environmental policy and consumer protection; Hubert Heinelt and Britta Meinke-Brandmaier --; European trade-union strategies : between technocratic efficiency and democratic legitimacy; Roland Erne --; Inventing the people : civil society participation and the enhabitation of the EU; Laura Cram --; The professionalisation of interest representation : a legitimacy problem for civil society in the EU?; Sabine Saurugger --; Business interest representation and legitimate European governance; Pieter Bouwen --; Civil society and European Governance : the interdisciplinary challenge of reflexive deliberative polyarchy; Stijn Smismans ER -