The European Citizens’ Initiative: A (small) step towards “more” European democracy!
Annette Knaut, Universität Koblenz-Landau, and Julian Plottka, IEP, discuss whether the ECI as a newly introduced instrument of citizen participation offers an opportunity to foster European democracy on a European level. In a provisional empirical analysis, they conclude that the ECI offers the potential to not only extend the circle of actors, who are involved in European politics, but also make a small step forward towards “more” European democracy as a result.
Further information of the issue is available on the Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen website.