TY - BOOK ID - 145728185 TI - Civil society and legitimate European governance PY - 2006 SN - 1283218399 9786613218391 1847200192 PB - Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, DB - UniCat KW - Civil society KW - Legitimacy of governments KW - Political participation KW - European Union countries KW - Politics and government. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:145728185 AB - This book explores the concept of 'civil society', which over recent years has been revived and introduced into the institutional debate within the EU. Significantly, EU institutions themselves have made reference to civil society and, on an academic plane, it has been argued that the debate on the legitimacy of European governance should value the role of civil society organisations. ER -