Kenneth A. Loparo 
Europeanizing Civil Society 
How the EU Shapes Civil Society Organizations

The European Union clearly matters for Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). EU officials and European political entrepreneurs has been crucial in the promotion of funding and access opportunities, but they have been proven to have little capacity to use CSOs for their own purposes.

Table of Content

Introduction 1. The Europeanization of CSOs, Institutional Impact or Strategic Action? PART I: DOMESTIC CIVIL SOCIETY UNDER EU PRESSURES 2. Domestic Civil Society, National or European? 3. A European Policy for CSOs? Exploring European Political Opportunities 4. European Opportunities: Institutional Factors and Creative Usages PART II: EUROPEANIZING CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH POLITICAL OPPORTUNITIES 5. EU funding of CSOs: From New Public to New Civic Management? 6. CSOs and Identity Building: Cheerleaders for European Integration? 7. The Europeanization of CSOs Participation: Beyond the Brussels Consensus. Conclusion: The Political Construction of European Civil Society: Legitimate and Democratic?

About the author

Rosa Sanchez Salgado is Assistant Professor of European Public Policy at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Her research focuses on the efforts by EU institutions, above all the Commission, to shape civil society organizations, and the role of transnational networks in European governance. She is the author of How Europe Constructs Civil Society (published in French).