A comprehensive analysis of how European development policy was shaped, this book
explores the role of former colonial officials in shaping the policy agenda and explores this …

Over the years, civil society empowerment has become an integral part of the European
Union's (EU) external and internal governance as a way to advance democracy and …

This paper develops an analytical framework to assess the quality of deliberation in the ACP-
EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA). Despite rhetoric on 'equal partnership'between …

This paper investigates the role of civil society in EU development policy. The two key
findings are that over the years European civil society has been increasingly marginalised in …

This article examines the alignment of different governance arrangements and alternative
accountability mechanisms in international development policy making in C anada and the …

Over the past twenty years, the European Union has been increasingly active in promoting
democracy, and consequently so has academic literature on EU democracy assistance …

This article compares the effects of the mechanisms of the European Union (EU) on the
promotion of regional civic organisations, especially funding opportunities, in two regional …

This book explains how and why European non-governmental development organisations
(NGDOs) engage in advocacy towards the European Union (EU). It analyses the …

Participatory decision making seems to be the new development paradigm in international
cooperation. It is still a long way, however, to achieve the objectives that are formulated by …

Abstract In March 2005, Siim Kallas, then Vice-President of the Commission and responsible
for Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud, in a speech at the European Foundation for …