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Record Nr.

UNINA9910831857603321

Titolo

Europeanization in Sweden : Opportunities and Challenges for Civil Society Organizations / / / ed. by Roberto Scaramuzzino, Anna Meeuwisse

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York; ; Oxford : : , : Berghahn Books, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

1-78920-983-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Collana

Studies on Civil Society ; ; ; 10

Disciplina

320.609485

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Europeanization, Civil Society, and the Swedish Welfare State -- Section I -- Chapter 1 Europeanization of and by Civil Society: Toward an Analytical Framework -- Chapter 2 The Dual Role of European Union Civil Society Organizations: Between European Union Institutions and Domestic Civil Societies -- Section II -- Chapter 3 Europeanization of Swedish Civil Society: Motives, Activities, and Perceived Consequences -- Chapter 4 Factors Explaining Swedish Civil Society Organizations' Europeanization -- Chapter 5 Access to the European Union and the Role of Domestic Embeddedness -- Section III -- Chapter 6 Europeanization through Funding -- Chapter 7 From Popular Movements to Social Businesses: Social Entrepreneurship as Discursive Europeanization -- Chapter 8 Varying Degrees of Europeanization in Swedish Women's Organizations -- Chapter 9 Questioning the Swedish Model or Exporting It? Identity Europeanization in the Prostitution Policy Field -- Chapter 10 Promoting Consumer Rights in Sweden by Lobbying and Awareness-Raising Abroad -- Chapter 11 The Crisis of the European Union: Opportunity or Graveyard for a European Civil Society? -- Section IV -- Concluding Remarks -- Appendixes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Notwithstanding its many successes since 1945, the project of European integration currently faces major difficulties, from financial



crises and mass immigration to the impending departure of the UK from the European Union. At the same time, these challenges have spurred civil society organizations within and across Europe, revealing a shared public sphere in which citizens can mobilize around refugee rights, opposition to austerity policies, and other issues. Europeanization in Sweden assembles new empirical research on how these processes have played out in one of the continent's wealthiest nations, providing insights into whether, and how, the "Swedish model" can guide European integration.