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Conrad | Knaut | Böttger

Bridging the Gap?

Opportunities and Constraints of the European Citizens' Initiative
Nomos,  2016, 225 Pages

ISBN 978-3-8487-2454-3


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The work is part of the series Europäische Schriften (Volume 97)
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englischThree 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.

»the chapters in this volume provide increased clarity about the nature and potential impact of the ECI, which is essential to maintain appropriate levels of expectation for citizens, civil society and institutions.«
Common Market Law Review 2016, 1800