Litigation, Mobilization and Governance (Themes in European Governance)

The European Court and Civil Society

The European Court of Justice's activism is now widely accepted as transforming the Treaty of Rome into a 'supranational constitution' granting rights to individual citizens. Cichowski examines the consequences for civil society, courts and public policy reform, and for the construction of a system of European governance.

1. Introduction: institutions, organizations and actors; 2. Overview of institutionalization in the European Union; Part I. Institutionalization Through Litigation: 3. The ECJ and the expansion of gender equality rights; 4. Environmental protection, non-compliance and judicial politics; Part II. Institutionalization Through Mobilization: 5. Women's rights activists: informal to formal organizing; 6. Collective activism for the environment; 7. Conclusion: litigation, mobilization and governance.


Author Biography

RACHEL A. CICHOWSKI is Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics and Law in the Department of Political Science and the Law, Societies and Justice (LSJ) Program at the University of Washington. She is co-editor of the book State of the European Union: Law, Politics and Society (2003) and her research is published in various journals, including Comparative Political Studies, Law & Society Review and Journal of European Public Policy.

• ISBN: 9780521671811
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Author: Rachel A. Cichowski
• Language: English
• Type: 22.4 x 15 x 2 cm

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