Civil Society Participation in European and Global Governance

PART I: OVERVIEW Emergent Patterns of Civil Society Participation in Global and European Governance; J.Steffek & P.Nanz The Evolution of CSOs' Legal Status in International Governance and its Relevance for the Legitimacy of International Organizations; C.Kissling PART II: ORGANIZED CIVIL SOCIETY AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE Civil Society Participation Under Most Favourable Conditions: Assessing the Deliberative Quality of the World Summit on the Information Society; C.Dany The ILO, Tripartism, and NGOs - Do Too Many Cooks Really Spoil the Broth?; L.Thomann Civil Society Participation at the Margins: The Case of WTO; J.Steffek & U.Ehling Civil Society Participation in International Security Organizations: The Cases of NATO and OSCE; P.Mayer PART III: ORGANIZED CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE EU Democratic Aspiration Meets Political Reality: Participation of Organized Civil Society in Selected European Policy Processes; D.Friedrich Participatory Strategies in the Regulation of GMO Products in the EU; M. P.Ferretti Assessing the Legitimacy of European Regional Policy: The Interplay of Civil Society and State Actors in Sweden and Germany; J.Kamlage PART IV: CONCLUSION CSOs and the Democratization of International Governance: Prospects and Problems; C.Kissling, P.Nanz & J.Steffek