Associating, mobilizing, politicizing: local developmental agency from without

Bruszt, László; Vedres, Balázs

doi:10.1007/s11186-012-9183-7

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“…More often than not, national CSOs have experienced many problems in taking advantage of new participatory opportunities because of external blockages and internal weaknesses (Gąsior-Niemiec 2010). However, on some occasions, EU processes have provided CSOs with reasons to mobilise, develop a common agenda and act (Bruszt and Vedres 2013;Johansson and Lee 2014). The EU has also contributed to the empowerment of social movements in EU accession processes (Parau 2009).…”

Section: The Predominance Of Diversitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Editorial: Beyond the Brussels Bubble? National Civil Society Organisations in the European Union

Salgado

Demidov²

2018

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Mainstream research on the roles and contribution of civil society in the EU is characterised by a strong focus on European civil society in Brussels. Studies looking at activities and roles of national CSOs in the European Union (EU) depart from mainstream analytical and conceptual perspectives and rarely talk to each other. The contributions of this special issue attempt to bridge empirical and analytical gaps between existing studies on European civil society beyond Brussels. They show that the involvement of national CSOs in EU policymaking and democratisation is broader and more diverse than is usually thought. They approach the object of study from an original analytical perspective: a research agenda inspired by sociological approaches. This agenda hinges on an interactionist and pragmatic analytical framework, a pluralist approach to causality and takes into account the peculiarities and effects of context. Moving beyond Brussels and adopting diverse analytical perspectives, the contributions provide new evidence on the diversity of functions, roles and responses of national CSOs to the EU, and the roles and motivations of national CSOs implementing EU policies.

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Section: The Predominance Of Diversitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Editorial: Beyond the Brussels Bubble? National Civil Society Organisations in the European Union

Salgado

Demidov²

2018

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“…Bottom-up initiatives financed by international development funds are necessary but not sufficient factors of long-term sustainability of local development. In the absence of the cooperation of local state and non-state actors to bring about institutional change, bottom-up initiatives last until the budget ends (Bruszt and Vedres, 2013;Evans, 1995).…”

Section: Institutional Models Of Developmental Change and Social Intementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In this context, associating means the extent to which local developmental networks are based on the association of diverse local actors. Resource mobilising is the capacity of these local actors to mobilise various types of resources (financial, human, social capital) for developmental purposes, while politicising means their capacity to define and represent local socio-economic problems causing developmental gridlocks at the local level, higher levels of the state and even at the transnational level (Bruszt and Vedres, 2013). The embeddedness of the development model relying on both external and endogenous resources, based on the association of diverse actors is guaranteed at multiple levels: it is accommodated to the coherent system of local resources and institutional, geographic and social characteristics, while feeds itself into external (regional, domestic, global) institutional and market channels.…”

Section: Institutional Models Of Developmental Change and Social Intementioning

confidence: 99%

Developmental Programs in Local Communities

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This article analyses the impact of developmental programmes on social integration in two Hungarian small towns. It studies changing patterns of social integration in two settlements sharing similar endowments, with respect to a middle-sized Roma population living in segregated neighbourhoods. Drawing on recent studies in economic sociology, social integration is used as a proxy for socioeconomic development and explained by differences in the transformation of local institutions. Divergences in institutional change influence the innovation capacity of communities and institutional change distributes authority among a variety of local and central state, non-state, forprofit and non-profit actors providing space for their association and forming the basis of an integrated local community. The main aim of the study is mapping the factors and mechanisms that shape and generate institutional change in support of social cohesion and development. Our cases explore that in the absence of such institutions, public goods are more likely to be appropriated by incumbents, which hinders the evolution of innovative solutions to socioeconomic problems and weakens the developmental capacities of communities.

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“…Sub‐regional networks in EU multi‐level governance are elements of what Hooghe and Marks () term ‘multi‐task jurisdictions’ that can enhance local capacity for adjustment to EU rules through resources, information and practice (Bruszt and Vedres, ). Increasingly, networks of international and local nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) engage directly with local communities in the management of environmental resources and development priorities, which can impact societal internalization of norms.…”

Section: Network Assets and Paths To Compliancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The information, norms and capacity that are diffused through networks are furthermore associated with transnational policy learning and norm internalization (Heclo, 1974;Steinberg, 2001), which are important elements of the EU integration and socialization process (Dimitrova 2002;Majone, 1996;Schimmelfennig and Sedelmeier, 2005). Sub-regional networks in EU multi-level governance are elements of what Hooghe and Marks (2001) term 'multi-task jurisdictions' that can enhance local capacity for adjustment to EU rules through resources, information and practice (Bruszt and Vedres, 2013). Increasingly, networks of international and local nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) engage directly with local communities in the management of environmental resources and development priorities, which can impact societal internalization of norms.…”

Section: Decentralized Mechanisms For Managing Compliancementioning

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Transnational Networks and Paths to EU Environmental Compliance: Evidence from New Member States

Andonova

Tuta

2014

J of Common Market Studies

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This article examines transnational environmental networks as an important and thus far understudied mechanism that can influence the pathways toward compliance with European Union (EU) legislation in new Member States. The argument stipulates that transnational networks, on balance, increase the capacity and political leverage of Central and Eastern European states and societal actors to activate management and enforcement paths to compliance with EU environmental norms. The theoretical framework specifies the network assets and the mechanisms through which they can support the two paths to compliance. In the empirical section, this framework is used to examine the impact of transnational environmental networks on the compliance with EU biodiversity directives in two of the most recent Member States: Bulgaria and Romania.

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Associating, mobilizing, politicizing: local developmental agency from without

Cited by 11 publications

References 27 publications

Editorial: Beyond the Brussels Bubble? National Civil Society Organisations in the European Union

Editorial: Beyond the Brussels Bubble? National Civil Society Organisations in the European Union

Developmental Programs in Local Communities

Transnational Networks and Paths to EU Environmental Compliance: Evidence from New Member States

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