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The emergence of European political foundations: Political entrepreneurs and transnational transfers. GSPE Working Paper 05/29/2009

Dakowska, Dorota. (2009) The emergence of European political foundations: Political entrepreneurs and transnational transfers. GSPE Working Paper 05/29/2009. [Working Paper] (Unpublished)

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    Abstract

    Recently, the European Commission has made some significant steps towards the recognition of political party foundations at EU level. Firstly, it has agreed to acknowledge the political foundations as actors of European development policies. Secondly, it has launched a proposal leading to the creation of political foundations at EU level, linked to the European political parties. This article analyses the reasons, modalities and potential impact of this process. It focuses on the foundations' network-building activities as a means to attain legitimacy and access to the EU institutions. To understand this evolution, two factors will be emphasised: firstly, the mobilisation of political entrepreneurs in the European Parliament lobbying the Commission and Council representatives; and secondly, the politically opportune context of rethinking EU Communication policy. This article contributes to bridging the gap between the analysis of European politics and policies.

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    Item Type: Working Paper
    Uncontrolled Keywords: European Political Foundations, EU, European Communication policy, European Parliament, European Commission.
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > lobbying/interest representation
    EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > communication policy
    EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > political affairs > political parties
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Series: Series > Centre for European Political Sociology (University of Strasbourg) > Working Papers
    Depositing User: Mr Jean-Yves Bart
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 21 Feb 2010
    Number of Pages: 22
    Last Modified: 19 Feb 2011 11:18
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/12443

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