TY - BOOK ID - 527723 TI - Citizens' initiatives in Europe : procedures and consequences of agenda-setting by citizens AU - Setälä, Maija AU - Schiller, Theo PY - 2012 SN - 9780230319691 0230319696 PB - Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan DB - UniCat KW - Political systems KW - Community organization KW - Political sociology KW - European Union KW - Direct democracy KW - Political participation KW - Political planning KW - Public administration KW - Citizen participation KW - Decision making KW - European Citizens' Initiative KW - Direct democracy - European Union countries KW - Political participation - European Union countries KW - Political planning - European Union countries - Citizen participation KW - Public administration - European Union countries - Decision making - Citizen participation KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General. KW - Citizen participation. KW - European Citizens' Initiative. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:527723 AB - The contributors to this edited volume analyze and compare different kinds of citizens' initiatives, including both full scale initiatives and agenda initiatives, in eleven European democracies and the EU. The book provides a comprehensive account of the practices of citizens' initiatives in each case, including a description of the historical background of the citizens' initiatives and the political system in which they operate. Particular attention is paid to the institutional design of citizens' initiatives which largely explains how they function in different political contexts. Citizens Initiatives in Europe sheds light on issues relevant to democracy, for example, how citizens' initiatives influence patterns of political agenda-setting in representative democracies and how they contribute to the aspirations of participatory democracy. ER -