Europe and Civil Society provides an in-depth examination of how public interest groups and social movements seek to influence the European policy-making process.
The book is based on a comparison of the role of networks of activists and their allies - broadly defined as Movement Advocacy Coalitions - in influencing decision-making at the European Union level in three specific areas of policy-making: environmentalism, anti-racism and ethno-nationalist regionalism. It draws on systematic documentary analysis and an extensive series of interviews with activists and institutional actors to examine the role of public interest organisations in these three areas. This focus reflects topical societal concerns and facilitates new insights into the study of European policy-making, political sociology, and social movement research.

Carlo Ruzza is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Research at the University of Trento

1. Introduction
2. The impact of movement coalitions on policy-making
3. Environmentalism
4. Anti-racism
5. Ethno-nationalism
6. Europe and movement advocacy coalitions
Appendix A - Methodological approaches
Appendix B - MACs and public opinion