The challenge of this collective volume is to capture the effects of both EU widening and deepening processes on social actors from old, new and prospective member states. The empirical findings presented here are the results of a research that took place within the EU-Consent programme, which was supported by the 6th Framework Programme of the European Commission.

The ultimate question is "has the European polity changed due to the widening process?" Are stakeholders from candidate and new member states able to frame or reframe the rules of the European game? To answer these questions, this book proposes a comparative approach of strategies adopted by social actors from different European countries.

Contents

• "Revisiting Europeanisation: the role of social actors in the EU accession process" (Elsa Tulmets) [en ligne sur halshs]
• "The multilevel strategies of Portuguese socio-economic actors in the EU" (J. M. Magone, V. Martins) [en ligne sur halshs]
• "The Turkish interest groups in Brussels" (C. Visier) [en ligne sur halshs]
• "The Europeanisation of interest groups in post-communist states: the case of Estonia" (J. Ruus) [en ligne sur halshs]
• "The use of discourse on multifunctional agriculture in Bulgaria and Czech Republic: the case of agricultural lobby" (I. Yakova) [en ligne sur halshs]
• "The influence of the EU on the NGO sector in Poland - a benefit or an obstacle?" (A. Pacześniak) [en ligne sur halshs]
• "Europe as a means of action: the campaign for voting rights for third country nationals in the Europeanisation process" (S. Lacalmontie) [en ligne sur halshs]
• "The political communication of social movements: an empirical analysis of ATTAC associations claimsmaking over European integration" (M. Petithomme) [en ligne sur halshs]
• "Conclusion: towards a more sociological understanding of europeanisation" (S. Devaux, I. Sudbery) [en ligne sur halshs]