Overview

Notwithstanding its many successes since 1945, the project of European integration currently faces major difficulties, from financial crises and mass immigration to the 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.

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Author:   Anna Meeuwisse ,  Roberto Scaramuzzino
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
Volume:   10
ISBN:  

9781800737419

ISBN 10:   1800737416
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   10 February 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Tables Preface Carlo Ruzza List of Abbreviations Introduction: Europeanization, Civil Society, and the Swedish Welfare State Anna Meeuwisse and Roberto Scaramuzzino SECTION I Chapter 1. Europeanization of and by Civil Society: Toward an Analytical Framework Kerstin Jacobsson and Hakan Johansson Chapter 2. The Dual Role of European Union Civil Society Organizations: Between European Union Institutions and Domestic Civil Societies Hakan Johansson and Sara Kalm SECTION II Chapter 3. Europeanization of Swedish Civil Society: Motives, Activities, and Perceived Consequences Roberto Scaramuzzino and Magnus Wennerhag Chapter 4. Factors Explaining Swedish Civil Society Organizations' Europeanization Roberto Scaramuzzino and Magnus Wennerhag Chapter 5. Access to the European Union and the Role of Domestic Embeddedness Elsa Hedling and Anna Meeuwisse SECTION III Chapter 6. Europeanization through Funding Matteo Di Placido and Roberto Scaramuzzino Chapter 7. From Popular Movements to Social Businesses: Social Entrepreneurship as Discursive Europeanization Ulrika Levander Chapter 8. Varying Degrees of Europeanization in Swedish Women's Organizations Ylva Stubbergaard Chapter 9. Questioning the Swedish Model or Exporting It? Identity Europeanization in the Prostitution Policy Field Gabriella Scaramuzzino and Roberto Scaramuzzino Chapter 10. Promoting Consumer Rights in Sweden by Lobbying and Awareness-Raising Abroad Anna Meeuwisse and Andreas Vilhelmsson Chapter 11. The Crisis of the European Union: Opportunity or Graveyard for a European Civil Society? Lars Tragardh SECTION IV Concluding Remarks Anna Meeuwisse and Roberto Scaramuzzino Appendix A: The Survey Study Appendix B: Civil Society Organizations Types Appendix C: Survey Question Wordings and Response Alternatives Index

Reviews

The close professional and working connections the team members enjoy is very obvious from the outset, thus resulting in a certain unity of substance and coherence of style not always found in edited volumes of this kind. - Journal of the International Society for Third-Sector Research Europeanization in Sweden is a solid piece of work that is a worthy contribution to the field. This book is essential for anyone studying civil society in the EU or Sweden. - Jean L. Cohen, Columbia University This volume offers significant findings on Swedish civil society in the European context, and makes thus a relevant contribution to our understanding of the role of civil society in the EU more broadly. - Eva G. Heidbreder, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg

Author Information

Anna Meeuwisse is professor of social work at Lund University, Sweden. One of her research areas concerns the changing roles of civil society organizations in the welfare state. She has been engaged in several research projects regarding civil society, advocacy, and transnational social movements in the health- and welfare area.

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