Three years after the introduction of the European Citizens‘ Initiative, the present volume offers a critical, but nonetheless cautiously optimistic perspective on the opportunities and constraints of this novel tool of transnational participatory democracy. Bringing together a wide range of ECI researchers, the volume combines theoretical discussions on the nature and contribution of the ECI with empirical perspectives on the experiences of the first initiatives launched since April 2012. The contributions show that the ECI is difficult to place as an instrument of participatory democracy, owing to considerable ambiguity as regards its merely indirect agenda-setting function. More importantly, the ECI has so far only in part been able to fulfill the high expectations held by academics, activists and ECI organizers alike. The conclusions of the volume are, therefore, somewhat ambivalent: while the ECI clearly has significant democratizing potential, the experience of the first three years also points to a considerable need for reform.
With contributions by:
Jeannette Behringer, Carsten Berg, Katrin Böttger, Maximilian Conrad, Marie Dufrasne, Louis Bouza Garcia, Pawel Glogowski, Justin Greenwood, Annette Knaut, Julian Plottka, Yannick Polchow und Freyja Steingrímsdóttir.
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Bibliographic data
Copyright year
2016
ISBN-Print
978-3-8487-2454-3
ISBN-Online
978-3-8452-6613-8
Publisher
Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series
Europäische Schriften
Volume
97
Language
English
Pages
225
Product type
Edited Book
Table of contents
ChapterPages
Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 9
Introduction: The ECI at Three – More Constraints than Opportunities? No access Pages 10 - 15 Maximilian Conrad, Annette Knaut
The ECI – An Overview of Opportunities and Constraints No access Pages 16 - 46 Katrin Böttger, Julian Plottka
Rethinking the Imaginary of the Public Sphere: Transnational Discursive Spaces and the ECI No access Pages 47 - 63 Annette Knaut
The ECI’s Contribution to the Emergence of a European Public Sphere No access Pages 64 - 80 Maximilian Conrad
Just Sweets for the People? The ECI as a Participatory Tool Towards Pluralistic Democracy in the EU No access Pages 81 - 94 Jeannette Behringer
The ECI as a Hybrid Participatory Genre No access Pages 95 - 111 Marie Dufrasne
A Tool for European Citizens? A Typology of ECI Organizers 2012–2015 No access Pages 112 - 127 Maximilian Conrad, Freyja Steingrímsdóttir
ECIs in Social Media: Transnational Discursive Spaces in the Making? No access Pages 128 - 148 Yannick Polchow
What is a successful ECI? No access Pages 149 - 168 Luis Bouza García, Justin Greenwood
From Consensus to Majoritarian EU-level Democracy? The ECI as an Example of Constitutional Change No access Pages 169 - 198 Julian Plottka
Heavy Stones in the Road: The ECI in Practice No access Pages 199 - 218 Carsten Berg, Paweł Głogowski
Bridging the Gap? Concluding Remarks on Various Contributions of the ECI No access Pages 219 - 222 Maximilian Conrad, Annette Knaut
Notes on Contributors No access Pages 223 - 225
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